Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fherps left for Detroit. night on a visit to her ?Stacht sr. Mrs. Mel let te w salts. H. Darr and daughter. ilHNtlng friends for eevereWweek? From will go to North Caro ilnder of the sum It** cttr tee Louts Dar la visit l*ewrolma. Hf mUm \nd daughtsr. Miss have returned to their lee. and wife have gone to where they expect to be S. and Oohla Phelps are ie time with their aunt. If Howard. In Charleston. Morrison, of Columbia, Msssee Mavwood and Louise oa South Sumter Street. Arthur Manlgault Taylor, of wet formerly of this State, ving in France for a ha* recently been decor the Crohe de Guerre, one of h%hry prised honors that to a French eoldler and a that baa been bestowed on I very few In this war. Mr, Taylor visited Mr. and Mrs Mnj im north several years ago intly remembered by a sat er people who met them occasion Mrs Taylor la also en the battle front, serving Hod Cross. X. Allan, of Dillon. Ie visit In the city. T. Averbucfc, of Naw York. I? city visiting her son. Alex feftfteuca. aad hsr daughters. MM aTVerjrn Barnes, of Florence. Is J vtnttlng Mlas Paulina Bmm die Muldrow Is visiting in ?Visabeth Lucius, who hss been friends In Sumtar. has ra? ta her home In ?llott* Msssee Montgomery, of Bishop are the guests of Miss Pauline arm Mrs. If. U and Dr. S. K. Nash have (ft> to St. Paul. N. C.. to attend the Image of Mr. J. F. Nash to Miss Vloyd. of St. Paul. ft. O Osteen has gone to deau to attend the annual meeting of Use State Press Association. Mum Mary Humphries of Lincoln. Mob., Ie the gusot of Miss Mary Nash Mleo Amelia Slelnee has returned her home at Saratoga Springs, New Tbrb. Mb) Minnie I>eLo**me hss gone ' Saluda. V. C. Mr. Hyde, who la employed by the government In the forestry depart? ment, la making his headquarters at the Imperial Hotel for a few daya. "'Mr.'Alva Keels left for Charleston thai morning. Mr. and Mra J. D. Chandler and family have returned to the city after a trip to Marlon. Mra. Lydia Murrhtaon. of Camden, hi visiting her aunt Mra 8. R. J. Smith. Mr C. H Smith, of Mount Holly, opens the week-end with his parents, aar. and Mra. s. R. J. Smith and ee ?smpssSM by hhi wife end little dawMshor. returned home Monday. Mr. Wiley Bras lei. Jr.. has gone to Oreenvttle to attend the B. om rent loo being hold at that Me. S. W Stttbbs and fatal to Lake .fiinaluaka te spend The trip waa made through the country In an automobile. Mr. W W. Rowland baa fone to A?bovin* to visit hi* aon. Mr. W. T. Mr Rowland made the trip h the country. Mr*) Jewel Saader*, of Florence, la rtostus* Mia* Kate Du Boat. Mra, Bent lay Gibson, who vtaRlne Mrs. Gtbeona r. Mra Manning Brown, to their home In Harts r^Mr ?' fart 1 i gone to T. P. U. t place, ally nave ipend the ?Mas Cornelia Klngmaa. of Jackaon vtlle. m vlalakwr her sister Mr*. W. B. Mt. Law to Lewi of Ab be vile, apant hi the city. F. J. Hi rot bar and children have gone to Saluda. N. (V. where they wall spend tha summer. Robert Udo, of Orangeburg, 1:; ting her slter. Mr*. M. B. R?ndle. Ifew HoMr I aat^aow ?stractln*; the new crop ?f hoaw? anslhsjn Mlllng at the old Sjrloa, ?* <e*ts per quart, on draught, cente par quarr Mawa a limited supply of white ?Mall aoa+y la sartlona, about ono fjmmwm, that 1 asa mII ng at 20 cents far sawtUsa. Ms?i to nvr rsatdsnea. lit West Aasmpaoa Arenu? or Rhone No. 1. P. O. OsTtMN. ? ? . FleMa- H ay nsw orth. A very pretty marriage was solemn? ised Wednesday evening in the Epis? copal Church when Mias Louise Gor? don Fields became the bride of Mr. Alex T. Haynsworth, the Kev. J. B. Walker performing the ceremony. The altar of the church was very beautifully and artistically decorated for the occasion. The ushers were Veasr*. William F. B. Haynsworth, brother of the groom. Edward Hayns worth, Robert L. McLeod, and Edgar Law tun. The bride was charmingly dressed In a beauHful frown of crepe meteor with bodice and train of an cestral lace which had been handc?: down by her grandmother for this use. The sleeves which were made Ol georgette crepe were a lovely feature They were long and flowing, ami caught by hand with a hand of satin with i pendant of tiny orange blos? soms. The bride's veil was of silk net arranged, in effect, as the Red Cross bend-dress wtlh a bandeau of or? ange blossoms. The skirt of the dress was short and the hem em broidered in white silk. The court train of the cream colored lace which was more beautiful against the white? ness of ? Its silk lining, swept out from the low neck line. Musi Mary Haynsworth ,vas the maid of honor. She wore a dress of white satin, with a court train, and trimmed in roses. There were two dames of honor, Mrs. R. B. Belser. a sister of the bride, and Mrs. Harry E. Drevenstsdt. The former wore a pink crepe meteor dress with a court train. The latter wore a white crepe meteor dress trimmed in pearls. Each ? these attendants carried a bouquet of Shasta daises grown by the mother of the bride for the occasion. Mr. Clarence Haynsworth, the youngest brother of the groom, was the best man. The out-of-town guests for the oc? casion were Mrs. Henry Laurens El? liott, of Columbia; Miss Claire El liott, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Wil? liam H&ynsworth and little daughter, of Greenville; Mrs. Joel I. Allen, of Dillon; Mr. Edgar Lawton, of Harts vllle; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Belser, of Columbia; Mrs. Gulie Belser, of Co? lumbia; Mrs. Harry E. Drevenstedt, of Salem, Ohio; Mrs. William Beattie, of Greenville; Mr. Perry Beattie, of Greenville. Mr. Henry Brltton of the Zoar neighborhood, and Miss Lillian Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Glass cock, of Cstawba. S. C, were mar? ried yesterday afteYnoon at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Brltton arrived in Sumter today. Marriage Isrrose Record. Marriage licenses have boon issued within the last few days, to the fol? lowing white couples: E. R. James, Hagood and Miss Ml May Evans, Rembert; E. B. Richard? son, Sumter, and Miss Mary J. Hal? ft eld. Sumter; Dr. T. M. Mooret, Ha? good, and Miss Mazie McLeod, Rem? bert; Alex T. Haynsworth, Mayesvlllc, and Miss Louise Gordon Fields, Sum? ter. The following colored couples have received licenses: Pompey Brunson and Larrlna Mil? ler, Sumter; W. U Smith, Lynchburg, and Edith Stewai i, Sumter; Chas. Pequetto, Jr., Charleston and Edna V. DeLorme, Sumter; Sam Blackwell, Alcolu, and Nonle Belle Richardson, DuRant; Thomas McCutcheon. Brog don. and Elmlra Cabbagestalk. Provi? dence; Ransom MUler and Orne & McFadden. Mayesvlllc; Jessie Johnson and Queen Esther Dais, MayesvlUe; Ellas Ellerhe and Katie Williams, MayesvlUe; Charlie Williams and Mamie Kennedy. Sumter. Handicraft Club Meets. The Handicraft Club met with Mrs D. J. Auld last Friday afternoon. The time was pleasantly spent in conver-1 satkon and music. Mrs. Lern King and Maw Florence Hurst rendered sever? al Instrumental solos and Mrs. Auld wr ag. At the conclusion of which an ice courss was served. Those enjoying Mrs. Auld's hospi? tality were Mesdames Ralph Loyns. J. D. Lemmon, Kinard. E. P. DuRant. Geo. Hurst, Lern King and Miss Flor? ence Hurst. The next meeting will b* with Mia Harry Terry. Married. Mr. Brvln Shaw went from Sumter to Savannah last week and while there ntood three examinations, at the con? clusion which the officer In charge fold him that he had made the beet record of any applicant ex? amined at Savannah no far. He left Savannah last night for Columbus, <),, where he will go Into training prep? aratory to active service. Sumter ex? pects great things from her aerial representative and we feel sure that Krvln will not dkrappolnt us. Sometimes It looks as If the only way to reduce the number of big ships sunk by the u-boate la to em? ploy fewer vessels of that size.?The state. RATIOS GOING I P, SAYS M'MASTKR Declares Companies Have Reestablish? ed 1 Utting and Inspection Burouu. Columbia, June 26.?"It will doubt? less come as something of a shock to the people of the State, as it did to me, 'that the insurance companies which withdrew from the State last year and which returned this year, in association with very nearly all of the companies which did business in the State last yeVV have reestablished the South Carolina Inspection and Rating Bureau and propose materially to Increase fire insurance rates in South Carolina on some classes at least," said Insurance Commisioner F. H. McMaster today. "I am not now able to give full in? formation to the people of the State. Indeed, though I sent a circular letter on April G to all companies in the State calling their attention to the terms of the act passed at the recent session of the legislature requiring that all agreements in regard to the making, fixing or collecting of any rate for lire insurance upon property within this Stale should be filed with the insurance commission and before taking effect should be subject to his approval, with the exception of one company which has filed in part such an agreement, no such agreement has been filed by any other company or by any bureau making rates, though I am in I or med that at least seventy seven of the eighty-five companies are members of the South Carolina Rating and Inspection Bureau. "In pursuance of this agreement at I understand, on June 19 the following notice was sent to insurance agents in this State: M 'Columbia, S. C, June 19, 1917. " 'To Agents: STAMPING OFFICE JURISDICTION " 'We take pleasure in advising that the South Carolina Inspection and Rating Bureau is now reestablished and prepared to furnish agents in the State of South Carolina with all ser? vice furnished prior to March 1, 191?. and has established a stamping office department for the purpose of check? ing daily reports, endorsements, can? celled and spoiled policies. It is, there? fore, requested that agents send sucn documents to R. T. Caldwell, manager. Columbia, S. C. If agents are not supplied with properly addressed en? velopes for this purpose please advise ind w? will at once furnish same. . ery truly yours, " *R. T. Caldwell, M 'Manager.* 1 "On the same date the following cir i'ular was sent out: south i arolina Inspection and Rating Bureau. Columbia, S. c, ane 19, 1917. "To Agents: SOUTH CAROLINA TARIFF. "Thia Is to advise that the special South CaroMna Tariff, 1908 edition, 1^ discontinued, as of this dato and if no?: to be used In quoting rates upon risks not specifically rated. In future all rates to be named In the State ol South Carolina will be based upoi schedules published in "Kates, Rule and Fcrrns. Very truly yours, "R. T. Caldwell, Manager. "As Indicated in this last circular the rar.es hereafter are to be based upon schedules published In rates rules and forms. My advices are that the present rates, rules and fornn are to be supplanted by others, which Vi\)\ cause higher rates even than those provldod in the rates, rules and forms heretofore in use, but on which South Carolina risks have been rated. "The rates, rules and forms which are to be enforced, as I am informed will require an increase in basil rat" (not Including deficiency chages) as follows: "Shingle roof dwellings, country risks, increased from $1.20 to $1.90; fourth class towns Increased from 90 cents to $1.-5; third class towns, 80 cents to $1.05; second class towns, GO cents to 86 cents; first class towns, GO rents :o 8 6 rents. "On brick, metal roof mercantile?:, fourth class towns from $1.50 to $1.75; third class towns from 90 cents to $1; second class towns from 70 cents to 75 certs; first class towns from 4 5 cents :o 60 cents. "As stated, the increases show ItlS increase In basal rates to which of course ure to be added the custonutrv charges for occupancy, tenancy, de? fective flues, etc. "While it has not yet been promul? gated, my understanding is that the e la to he an Increase of 10 per cent on the tl.ial rates on the stock in the brick mereantiles above mentioned. "I have no Information y^t as to the other classes and I am not Informed hh to whether there will be any In? crease in other classes or not. "The insurers of the State coming within these classes will he nble to Judge somew hat of the very material Increnso in rates which tho bureau companies propose to make. There are now licensed in the State eighty live slock fire Insurance companies. At least seventy-seven of these are mem hers of the bureau. I urn informed. I "The only companies which are not members of the bureau, according to my information,, are the**American Druggists Fire Insurance Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Columbia Insur? ance Company, of New York city; the Guardian Fire Insurance Company, of Salt Lake City; the Pacific Fire Insur? ance ocmpany, of New York city; the | Southern Stock Fire Insurance Coin-1 pany of Greensboro, N. C; the South ern Underwriter*, of Greensboro, and the Underwriters of Greensboro, Greensboro, N. C. "As the people of the State under? stand, the law enacted at the last ses? sion of the legislature does not give the insurance commissioner any super? vision with power to determine what are reasonable and proper rates. This power Is conferred upon what is to be known as the South Carolina Insur? ance Commission. This commission has not yet been appointed and could not be, as I understand the law, until "the rating bureau having the largest membership among the companies au? thorized to transact business in this State" shall nominate one of the mem? bers. "I thought it best at this time to make this preliminary statement to the people of the State. Further ac? tion on my part will he governed by the circumstances and the law.'* EAT MORE COHN. The Most F.ffective Substitute for Wheat at Our Disposal. Ordinarily the quantity of corn pro luced in the United States is from three to four times the quantity of wheat, but only a very small portion of the crop?from 5 to 10 per cent? has heen used for human food. This imount may he estimated in normal times at about 200,000,000 bushels a vear. Not over 5 per cent, has been exported In peace times. A rela? tively slight increase in the corn acre? age, therefore, will place many mil? lions of bushels more of human food it the disposal of the world without interfering in any way with the . eed needed for the support of live stock. In the past, with an abundance of ^rain of other kinds, corn has not been in great demand for human con? sumption. But with other grains no longer abundant, circumstances will ompel more general recognition of he value of corn as human food. Tin.* lepartment is urging strongly the vider use of corn iti the diet. It is the best substitute for wheat that we nave and can be utilized in breads*, nushes, and a variety of other ways. We should make every effort to avail ourselves of it. CAN WE EQUAL FRANCE? Lesson for United States in Utterance of French Premier. France, the hardest sufferer of all the entente countries, announces hrough its premier and its house of deputies that peace by victory is th^ only hope of ending the war. The leolaratlon ought to be an Inspira? tion and an example to the remainder Of the world, and a reproach to any country which, with its power still intact, may be inclined to repine or '?row fainthearted. If France Is still untouched in her courage and deter? mination, if France will consider noth? ing but victory, her sister nations in the entente can take no leas firm a stand without branding themselves her inferiors. There is a special lesson to the United States in the utterance of the French premier. It his country with every resource utilized to the limit, with not a man or a dollar held back, with every woman doing her part, j with every child mobilised, with her very heart's blood oozing, will not allow herself to become discouraged or wearied, the United States can not escape shame and irreparable loss of self-respect except through an emulation of the heroic French spirit We are proud of the United States and its people. We acclaim our peo? ple are as brave, as patriotic, as self sacrificing, as steadfast as any on earth; that their ideals know no su? perior; that their passion for liberty is superlative. But France is pro? viding the citizens of the American republic an example to follow that will require an exercise of every boasted virtue. France will win or there will be no France.?Detroit Free Press. New Trial for llowmuii-llnrby Case. It will be of considerable interest to the people of Sumter to know that Jtldge Ifemmtnger had ordered a new trial of the case of Bowman vs. Ilarby. This case, which is ?>ne of the larg? est ever carried on In this county, Is a suit to recover certain funds which the plaintiff claims are due him as a partner of the defendant. London, June L?7.?A Central News dispatch from Copenhagen says the Norwegian steamship King Haekon has been sunk by a German submarine ami that only six of the crew were saved. BOOSTER TRIP ENDORSED. Cham bor of Commerce Will Cooper? ate In Advertising Tobacco Market. The board of directors of the Sum? ter Chamber of Commerce at their meeting Monday went on record as endorsing the plan of conducting tours of business men known as hoot? er trips to the rural districts to ad? vertise the Sumter tobacco market, and also furnishing opportunity to Sumter business men. and to other Sumter people to get in closer touc h with and become better acquainted with our friends of the rural district* of Sumter, Bee and Clarendon coun? ties. These annual trips are usually puf on by the owners or directors of the Sumter tobacco warehouse, and the manager of the local tobacco ware? house. Numbers of Sumter's busincs men show their endorsement of the Sumter tobacco warehouse and it> management by going on these trips and a great many ladies go along too Every business or professional es? tablishment represented is allowed to distribute all of the advertising mat? ter and souvenirs it desires on these booster trips. The directors think that the building of the tobacco indus? try by increased production, and the building up of Sumter's tobacco mar? ket means hundreds of thousands c* dollars in the future for Sumter's business establishments, and that bus iness men should show their endorse? ment of the tobacco industry in every possible way. The directors also re? quested President Phelps U ?point a committee of business men to make study of the question of organising the producers of this county and seeking information necessary in the estab? lishment of a produce market for per? ishable produce for the 191S Sellins, season. The directors have found out that there are problems to be solved in this matter, and that the farmers and the buisness men will have to work out these problems by intelligent co? operation, education of the producer? about how to prepare for market theli produce, how to organize to di: po. < of same in bulk carload lot3 accord? ing to market requirements, and how to market in such a way that there will be no glutting of the markets for out-of-town selling. This problem has to be solved, ami :t will require time to do it. The United States government depart? ment of agriculture and Clemson Col? lege have been requested to give their aid from their bureaus of marketing Kxperieneed produce handlers and dealers will have to help out to get the producer ami the business men to working together intelligently so thai neither will be forced to take extra ordinary chances of losing money by production or purchase of produce foi shipment to distant points. EUROPE'S COTTON CRISIS. Closing of the Exchanges ami Some Possible Consequences. (From the New York Evening Poet.) Of the suspension of business ie "futures" on the Liverpool Cotton Ex? change last Wednesday, followed by the doelng of the Havre cotton mar? ket, reported this morning, there had been ample foreshadowing. On Mon? day, advances at Liverpool averaged nearly 100 "English points," or two cents a pound. Tuesday, there wer? further advances, at the extreme, of more than 3 1-2 cents. Spot cotton in Liverpool was commanding approx? imately 40 cents a pound, and future options from 35 cents up. The decline in stock of cotton el Liverpool had been striking, the total falling from 1,798,000 bales in mid ) June, 19i5, to 054,000 in 1916, and to 4 4 5,000 bales a week ago. In the first live months of the year our own ex? ports of cotton had fallen to 1,900,000 bales, as against 2,700,000 in the sann period the year before. The Egyptian crop last season decreased. 27 1-2 per cent. A factor in the British shortage wa? probably the sinking of cargoes by submarines; while one of the in tluences contributing to high prices in Liverpool was the excessive ocean freight charges. How serious any de? rangement of Fi .?land's cotton Indus try may prove to be, is indicated by the fact that last year that country's exports of piece goods and yarns were valued at $500,000,000, a decline of only 11,000,000 from 1912. Such shipments last year represented one tifth of the British domestic export trade. Mrs. Walter T,,olsom and family left Sunday night to spend the remainde ? of the summer in the mountains. Mr Fclsom went as far as Columbia with them and returned Monday morniir WANTED?Wood! wood! wood. Want 10,000 cords 4 ft. split pine wood Also 4 ft. slab wood. Name best price, quantity ami when can ship. Address .1 II. Sanders. Box 1 f3, Sumter, S. C. Recommended by DoctorCothram JL TjW>i sr ?msgpi Dr. T. E. Cothram is'a well-known harmacist of Alexis, Ala. And when ie gets bilious or needs a purgative medicine, what do you suppose he does? Out of his whole big stock of liver medicine he selects and uses Granger Liver Regulator. J He says "There is none better." # That's a pretty strong endorsement, don't you think, from a man who knows all about the merits of the different medi? cines on the market? Granger Liver Regulator is purely vegetable, does not gripe nor irritate the delicate lin? ing of the stomach and bowels and always gives quick and pleasant re? sults. It is the best system purifier known. Your druggist can supply you?25c for large box. ^ Accept no substitute. ~ ^^w-i Death. From The Daily Item, June 27. Dr. A. C. Dick died at his home on West Calhoun streel at 8.30 o'clock his morning, after a long and pain ul illness; und with his passing Sum er lost one of her best citizens and he medical profession one who ex mpllflad in his life the highest and loblest principles of the profession. Alexander Colclough Dick, the old? est son of the late Dr. Leonard W. Dick and Ida Colclough Dick, was born in Sumter county. September 26, 801, and was reared in this county Ie attended Davidson College, N. C, md was graduated in the class of 1883. He taught school for several ears, one year of which time he spent n this city associated with his broth? er, Mr. L. W. Dick, as co-principal of the Sumter High school. He then took up the study of medicine and attending the University of Virginia and the Charleston Medical College, from which he was graduated with distinction and received an appoint? ment to Roper Hospital, where he spent a year as interne. He then lo? cated in this city and has continuous? ly practiced his profession here, until failing health forced him to relin linsh the work that he loved and which he had made a work of service io his fellow men rather than a bus ness to acquire wealth. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Clara Russell, of Baltimore, Md., four sons, Russell, McDonald, A. Col? clough, Bossard and one daughter, Ida. Two brothers, Leon W. and Ashby and two sisters, Miss Esther and Miss Leila Dick, also survive him. The funeral services will be con ?lueted at St. Phillip's church, Bradf lord Springs, tomorrow, Thursday, June 28th, at 12.30 o'clock. Couldn't Agree in 18 Hours. After IS hours' deliberation in their loom, the jury on the case of Green? ville county against N. R. Wilson, one .f the condemnation appeal suits, was unable to agree and a mistrial WM ordered. The jury went into the ?ooni yesterday and did not come out ill this morning, when the case was ordered a mistrial. Eighteen hours on i case in the civil court is claimed by many to be the longest a jury has de 'iberated in this county. The Wilson suits consumed two days n the court before the case went to ihe jury. Greenville county is suing Mr. Wilson for the privilege of chang? ing the (ireenville-llendersonville highway through his property, about 20 miles above Greenville During the trial of the case, the jury was taken to the scene of the action that 'ie men in the panel might get a better and more lucid idea of how the* ?natter stood. The trip took up a good deal of time, as the jury had to be [taken 20 miles from the city.?Green? ville Piedmont. Big Springs Open. Big Springs hotel and new bathing pool on hotel side of river are now open. Also some repair work is being done on the road leading from the V-A Highway to the hotel. Beeswax Wanted. See me before you sell your wax. I will buy it for cash at the beat cur? rent price. N. G. OSTEEN. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure youy Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Crampg, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts aud Bums, Old Sores, Stings of Insect*, Bet, Antiseptic Anodyne, used iuteiually and externally. Pltce 25c I Geo. II. Hut&t, Undertaker and Embalm. Prompt Attfotion to (>?v and Night Calls. At 0.1. CRAIS Old Stand, N. Slain. Phones: Sf?