Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Qt IsM?? ?jtb Soutlnon. PVIHBOITftD MENTION Mr. Eugene Purdy, who has boon Spending Mtfril d*v? in Buinter. hau returned to a lummtr camp In Vir ?lain, where ho In spending hin vaca i Masses Kmfly Carter and Mario Cov mtton. of Norfolk, Vs.. ore visiting their grand mother, Mrs. It. D. I*ee. Mr W M DeLOrme hss gone to flsederaonvllte to spend swhll*. Mleoss Jessie ead Hits Haynaworth have gens to Florence. 9 Mr Wimetn Whin Is visiting In Wsst Virginia MIsseo Margaret Pirk and Sadie Muldrow. of Columbia, attended the trick-ftowvtan marriage. Moo. J. U MeCenosn. of Columbia, ft vawtfngr Mrs B. W. MpCallam Mr. Twee, Metosod. of the IT 8. Navy. 1 \s returned hoine from New Minnie Williamson, of Colum Msh to visiting Mrs ArcMe Chine. Mve. t. U Davis, of Mulllne, is OtSltleg her mother. Mrs. A. J Ude. Mr. Cliartte Webb, Jr., of Anderson Is ttMtlng file sunt. Mrs. Delia Mel *he friends of Mr. shd Mrs. A. B. Mintsregret eery much that they have Moved to Bdsster. They were spien yu) eOighbbrs shd made many friends 'mmW fftt thetr genial faces win be| IMefcod frodn fho social mm well as waotikssi Wf>Hs?BlehOpvllle Vlndlca tor. Mrs. C. W. fltenein to visiting her eon. Mr. C W MaasHI In Birmingham. ?k. Dr. 11 M. dtoctoy and family have fetuYed from frenderson, Ky., sftsr 0 inky of fhreo weeks. Mr. and Mrs. P M Molso leave this afternoon for Pewlsy's Island to o^fsed two weeks. ?re. D. *W. Cunningham and chil? dren hare removed from Florence to fhfci city stall will make their home OS) West Hampton Avenue. Mrs. ft. L. IBlrchard leaves tonight for fttus Ktdge. N C. where shs will eVfcnf sometime with her heftend. Who Is tttsndlng a conference st that mt aTre fee A. Ruddck and little ct CeeyWstcm are visiting Mrs. M. dieroh slreet. ganghtsr, of 8a wa ? mm** liberty Street. 'mfr. #. T. Aycock. of Columbia. Is le the ,c1ty, having brought his young see to the Tourney Hospital to be frosted for a broken srro. The boy Was Ir lured yesterday alter noon at ^edgsleld by falling down stairs. Miss Karle Dennis has gone to Ma con. Oe . 'to visit her sister. Mrs. J. Frank Powell and will tske a business course while there. Little Frances towel I. who has been on a visit to Or grandmother. Mrs. Dennis, has returned to Macon. Ha. Mr. Claude P. Huff has gone to his home In Sfmpsonvllls. whsrs he ex? pects to spend his vacation. Miss Miriam Mslletto and Mrs. I. P. Metlette have gone to Laurens, whsre (hmy will spend several weeks. Mrs. T. B. Jar ret t. of Florence, Is visiting her steter. Mrs. Harry Orson, sin Church 8t. A marriage of much Interest to the people of Burnt er was that of Miss Ki.nu? Elisabeth Handel to Dr. Charles Mermon Andrews, Bator day afternoon at 8.30 o'clock in the home of the bride's satter, Mrs. O ft. Derringer on w i.ib< rtv street. Before the ssarrlage. a delicious course ?Upper was served. The mar? riage ceremony was performed by Dr. ft. 8. Irueedale. of Trinity Msthodtst Chorch the pastor of the bride. The brlds van sweet In her becoming sewn of blue crepe de chene am georgette crepe. The room was tastsfully decorated Is phloa and bride's reees. During the car ? assay, the hsppy pair stood be aeeth s horae-shoe of Shunter dalsleH. The ring ceremony was used, little Miss Minnie I<ee Rarrlnger, a niece of the bride was ring bearer. Bhe wore a dainty white dress, with pink ribbons and carried the ring on a bride's roe*. No one save the fatu? ity witnessed the ceremony. As soon as the bride had time to drean In her handsome traveling suit of old roes. Dr. snd Mrs. Andrew? left for Charleston, where they will spend their honeymoon, after which they will be st home to their many friends, at S?h W liberty Bt. The bride Is one of Bumter's very attractive and popular young; ladles The groom Is a rising young physician, popnlar with young and old. Their frlends wish them sll the success and all the Jovs that splendid young pen tlm merit Nsws from the nVhwnrfr. stores to? day. Read the ad.?Advt OHBAT M HIKE AVERTED. Would Have Affected Down South ouster 11 Railroads. Washington. July 14.?A strike, which would have affected over 2G,000 shopmen and blacksmiths, and a doz? en Southeastern railroads, has been averted for the present by the de? partment of labor. The strike order was to have gore into" effect Thurs? day, hut seversl day*, ago the de? partment requested the men to post pone action until the matter could be Investigated. Yesterday at a conference both sides agreed to submit the questions In controversy to the secretary of labor and abide by his decision, pro? vided the department's conciliator cannot, meanwhile, effect a settle? ment. The railroads affected include the Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Ge/ui gia. Chesapeake and Ohio, Mobile and Ohio. Norfolk and Western, Rich? mond, Frederlckshurg and Potomac, Seaboard Air Lirte, Southern. Virgin? ian and Southern of Mississippi. CAMPS FOR GUARDSMEN. Where the Various Divisions Will Prepare Foe the War. Washington. July 13.?The war de? partment announced today assignment of National Guard troops to training camps as follows: Fifth division, comprising troops from Maine. New Hampshire, Massa? chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont, to Charlotte, N. C. Sixth division, comprising troops from New York State, Spartanburg, Seventh division, Pennsylvania, Au? gusta. Ga. Eighth division. Virginia, Delaware, Maryland. District of Columbia, New Jersey. Annlston, Ala. Ninth division. North and South Carolina and Tennessee, Greenville, a C. Tenth division, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Maeon, Ga. > Sixteenth division. Ohio and West Virginia troops to Montgomery, Ala? bama. Seventeenth division, Kentucky and Indiana troops to Hattlesburg. Miss. Eighteenth division, Arkansas. Mis? sissippi and Louisiana troops to Alex? andria, La, It seems that with one accord farm? ers threatened with boll weevil thin season have determined that peanuts are the crop to take the place of cot? ton. The strange thing Is that whon sver anything threatens the cotton crop all the growers want another crop to take Us place as a one-crop plant. They seem to utterly fall to understand that there are hundreds ct thousands of prosperous farmers who never saw a cotton plant and yet make a living and money from grow Ing wheat, com, oats, legumes and livestock. Men who farm with theic grain crops and maintain the fertility of their soil with legumes and their use In feeding and return the manure to their land can grow these same crops as profitably In the South as In the North and without any cotton, or can put cotton lnt> the rotation and get what the boll weevils do not. No one crop Is f;olng to make suc? cess where you fad with cotton, and the sooner the cotton farmers get to real farming the more Independent they will be of the boll weevil. The man who la a farmer In the best man? ner does not fear the loss of the cot? ton crop, even if it Is a total loss, for his eggs fere not .til In that one bas? ket, and the man who simply adopts a new crop with the cultivation of which he is unfamiliar, will find him? self no better off than with cotton, for peanuts are just as liable to fluc? tuation In price as cotton. There can be po objection to any one In the South taking peanuts Inti a rotation with corn, cotton and grain. I was last year In a section where they plant peanuts and corn, and corn and peanuts year after year, and the farmers are not as well off gl a class as those in sections where m> one ever jrrew a peanut, but have farmed successfully with corn, wheat and clover. It Is not the crop that makes the farmer, but the farmer who makes the crop, and with Rood rotative farming there is money to be made in any of our American crops and the only men who go into hyster 1cm over damaKe to the cotton OTOP are thoHe whose whole interest in tied up in the one crop?who ure planters and not farmers.?Progressive Farm er. Tin* Slipper Clean-up Deglns tomorrow ut Schwartz's also. See the windows, ftefcwftftl Hros.? Advt. 8. C. Selfishness in that detestablo vb u which no one will forgive In others and no one Is without himself. A MISCARRIAGE Or JUSTICE. Jury Severely Criticised for Acquittal of Criminal. Editor Daily Item. Right years ago a man in this county, on his own plantation in the pursuit of his lawful business, father of a dependant family was shot down by the red hand of murder, none the less murder because his life was saved almost miraculously. Through days of mortal weakness and weeks of pain and suffering he lay quivering between life and death. Friends proved "true as steel" at this time and men as "good and true men" as ever sat in a jury box know? ing the unprovoked, dastardly at? tempt made on his life, asked his consent for them to save the coun? ty any expense and the court any trouble. With deep gratitude for theiyetoyalty, the offer was declined to let the law take its course. The criminal, through carelessness an<KJnemciency of our officers, was al lowemto escape without arrest. Rela? tives in a sister county offered a re? ward for his capture, and time drew a curtain on the first scene In a trag? edy. A few weeks ago, through the vig? ilance of friends and officers of this adjoining county, the criminal was lo? cated In his hiding place, brought back and turned over to Sumter au? thorities for punishment. Now, for the first time in years did the victim and his family feel that he was safe from the bullet of the mid? night assassin. Once again, came of? fers from other men "true and tried." to put the criminal where he could menace him no more, without trouble to court or Jury, and once more passion was suppressed, to let the majesty of the law be vindicated. Yesterday this vicious man was ar? raigned In court to stand trial for his crime. With a functional trouble dating from the shooting, his body scarred, and carrying numerous shot Imbedded in his person, some causing continuous annoyance, this law-abid? ing citizen attended court to see jus? tice done and the law triumph. < Now for the personnel of the dra ma. The State- proved concusively that Wash Williams had stolen a large part of Mr. Klrven's crop, that Mr. Kirven went to Wash's house, under orders front the law, to get what was left, thai while standing In Wash's .yard directing his helpers, surrounded by Wash's family. Wash excepted, he was shot In the side. The load was seen to come from a , hole, fresh cut (showlrg premedita? tion In cold blood) in the window of Wash's house. The load entering his body, the wadding falling at his fe?t. After he left, apparently mortally wounded, It was testified that a man who looked like Wash Williams was' seen to slip from the rear door of his house, in a stooping position, look furtively around and in the same bow? ed posture dodge Into a nearby swamp. As our vigilant (?) officers did not Inconvenience him after a week or 1 so he reappeared in the neighborhood. A man who enjoys the esteem of all and of undoubted veracity, hired Wash for day labpr, and testifies, that at no time would the negro put his gun out of his reach. Shortly afterwards he fled the State. With this sworn testimony the case was left in the hands of the jury. Did they remember "the wicked flee when no man pursueth?" Why did he go in hiding Immediately? Why keep a gun always? Why have his family reported him dead? How these questions were answered, I know not. Did justioe veil her eyes while they deliberated? After a time they flic with stately tread into the temple of Justice to pronounce him "not guilty." The as? sault must have been a dream or perhaps a wandering zeppelin dropped a fateful bomb that caused this trag? edy. Again, time draws the curtain. Now Mr. Editor, the last act In this tragedy is not written, but here is the material and it must follow as surely as night follows day: A peaceful, law-abiding citizen has narrowly escaped death at the hands of a mean, cowardly negro who bears a bad reputation. The negro knows he shot to kill. Mr. Kirven knows the negro shot him. The jury knows the negro Is guilty. Self preservation is the first law of nature. What Mr. Kirven suffered in physi cal and mental anguish, when it seem ed he would be snatched from a de? pend.'! nt family of little ones only God may Know. The story of the weary, tedious, painful days of unxiety and suspense to him and his during con? valescence, was never told, but is in deilibly impressed on the mind. Think you this man, or his friends are satis lled that his life is again placed in hourly Jeopardy of the assassin's bul? let T All*?' patiently waiting mi the law he gets no redress, no protection; is Ihe not forced to protect himself at any cost'.' Can he afford to go about his peaceful pursuits, knowing that murder stalks near unrebuked?with out tuning every precaution against attack? A jury of known integrity, almost to a man, have exonerated this vicious black and are anxious to restore his liberty. Has this conscientious jury of true and tried men changed the morals of the prisoner and converted him into a law-abiding citizen? Lastly. Those sturdy little lads waiting eagerly for the time, when this evil-doer would be punished by the strong arm of the law, arc now on the threshold of manhood about to assume' the duties and responsibilities of life. Think you this travesty of Justice will impress these future cit? izens with the divine majesty of the law? Should they suffer a grievous wrong, could anyone successfully euro their passionate demands for justice by an appeal to law? Could they have any assurance of redress? Does not this crumpled roseleaf conscience of the Jury box lead directly to great? er crimes, and find appeal to the swift sure punishment of lynch law? It takes no prophet to see the trend. The answers to these prob? lems make the last act in this trag? edy. Where rests the blame if it is writ? ten in blood? Anxious Enquirer. Sumter, S. C, July 11, 1917. COTTON GRADER COMING. United States Bureau or Markets Will Detail Cotton (-ruder to Work on SomtCT Market. The Chamber of Commerce ha? been notified that an expert govern? ment cotton grader has been detail? ed to work on the Sumter cotton mar? ket during the approaching cotton season to assist cotton growers in properly grading and marketing their cotton. The sending of the govern? ment cotton grader to Sumter was brought about through the request of the Chamber of Commerce to Con? gressman Lever, and also af the re? sult of the good work done here last season by a government grader and the appreciation of this work by the farmers who found that by having thetr1 'Cotton graded they were able to self It by grade and to obtain better prices as a rule. The growers of cotton are strong for having a gov ernment cotton grader on this market at afl time's, and it is hoped that ulti? mately they will become aroused to the benefits to be derived from com? mon'sense co-operation and will or? ganise a marketing association to sell Bill their cotton through one selling agent. RESERVE OFFICERS WANTED. \ppeal Sent Out from Washington to Enlist for Second Training Camp. Washington, July 13.?Another ap peai"fpr young men of high quality Tor the second series of officers' train? ing camps, to be opened in August, was Issued today by Adjutant Clener il McCain, with the announcement that applications will be received un? til midnight, Monday, July 16. Sun lay, July 15, had been fixed as the late for closing the aplication lists. The Daily Item begins today the publication of the revised and com? plete list of the men of Sumter coun? ty who registered under the selective draft law for military service. This list was not completed by the county board of registration until last Thurs? day and prior to that day it was not available In the final and correct form for publication. The list will be pub? lished in sections from day to day un? til completed?and It is "all without cos* to the government." The news pa >rs do not receive even "cost plus 8 per cent" as contractors who are building the cantonments are paid, but the government places a very high estimate upon the value of pub? lishing these lists and officials are very Insistent that the list be published In all newspapers. The newsapers are complying with the request of the government, although the typesetting of the lists entails considerable ex? pense, since the officials say that the publication of the lists will be of grpat assistance to the government. The newspapers are doing this work for the government, although prac? tically all are agreed that it is an im? position, and that the newspapers should no more be asked to contribute of their stock In trade?labor and space?than lumber mills should be asked to give lumber or carpenters la? bor?without cost to the government. Quart-a-Month Opinion. Columbia. July 14. - The quart-a month act does not authorise a sher? iff to seize and declare forfeited or confiscated muled drawing a wagen used In the llogal transportation of whiskey, according to an opinion ren? dered by Thomas II. Peoples, attorney general. The opinion was rendered upon renn* st of John (\ McCain, sher? iff of Rlchland county. Read the Schwartz ad. today.?Advt Tili: KRESS STORK. Informal owning Reception Was At? tended by Hundreds of People. The Kress Store, the newest in the great chain of Five, Ten ami Twenty five Cent stores, operated by S. II. Kress & Co., that cover the United States, was opened Friday with an informal reception during the after? noon and evening. Being the newest of the Kress stores, it is the most modem and the best equipped store of its kind in the United States, for all of the exeperience and resources of the great Kress organization were called into service in planning and equipping the Sumter store, to the end that it might be a model of conveni? ence, with economy of space and effi? ciency of service the key notes of the entire establishment and each of its departments. The store is located on the corner of South Main and Cald well streets, opposite the postoffice? one of the best business stands in the city. This lot was purchased by S. H. Kress & Co. ten years ago, they hav? ing planned that far ahead to estab? lish a store in Sumter, and it was held until they were ready to build, despite the fact that the lot could have been sold a dozen times at three to four times the price paid for it. The building is of handsome design and solid construction and is an ornament to the business section of the town. During the hours the store was open hundreds of vistors passed through and inspected the building and all were pleased with what they saw and delighted that Sumter has one of the most up-to-date establishments of its kind in the country, the largest of the large cities not excepted. The Rex orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Girard, furnished music throughout Ihe afternoon and evening. Mr. L. E. Merriman, of the New York executive and buying offices, has been in Sumter for some time ar? ranging for the opening and, for the past few days, he and his assistants have been forced to work 18 hours a day in order to have everything in readiness for the opening, and their efforts were crowned with complete success. The managers of several nearby stores were present Friday evening to assist in the opening. These were Messrs. L. J. Carlson, of Spar tanburg; J. H. Clary, of Charlotte, N. C, and M. Farrar, of Fayettesville, N. C. The lighting fixtures, which are de? signed especially for the Kress stores, are most modern. A system of indi? rect lighting is used in the five large windows, as well as in all the show cases. Gas and electricity are both used. Large ceiling fans are distribut? ed over the entire building and keep the air in continuous circulation. In winter, the building is heated by steam.I The show cases, for display? ing the candy, are so arranged that they are dust and germ proof. The containers, from which the candy is sold to the customers, are made of aluminum and are kept covered at all times so that the candy is always ab? solutely sanitary. The large stock of goods carried is varied and complete. During the opening days of the store, 40 sales? women are employed and the regu? lar number to be employed thereafter will be about 25. The greater part of the second floor is used as a stock room, in which a complete duplicate stock is carried so that there will be no delay in re? plenishing the regular stock, as it li sold out. In one front corner is lo? cated the candy department. A dumb waiter is used to carry down any need? ed stock to the candy counter. Rest rooms, which are completely furnished are also located on this floor for the use of the salesladies. No expense has been spared to make this store most complete and up-to date In every detail. Mr. Garno will be the manager of the Sumter store. GOVERNMENT FEEDS I. W. W. Men Deported Will Not be Made Pris? oners. Hermanas. N. M., July 13.? Danger of starvation winch today became very real for the 1,200 men who were deported from Btsbee, Arizona, yester? day, as members of the I. W. W., was abated with the arrival here of two cars of provisions sent by the Bl Faso and Southwestern Railroad after appeals had been made to Gen. Geo. Bell, Jr. A truck load of supplies from Co? lumbus also arrived tonight. GOV. Lind ey telegraphed the State and war departments and President Wilson that be considered the refuges a national problem. The recorder is having a rather quiet time these days. This morning there were no cases of any import? ance, only a couple of negro boys up for raiding a melon patch, one for ohoting craps and another for cursing. A RH Clean-up Begins tomorrow at Schwartz's. Read the ad.?Advt. NfjTJSixSixtyrSix This is a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER . bive or iiz doses will break any case, and if taken then aa e tonic the Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel ond does not giipe or sicken. 25c GOOD ADVICE TO NEGROES. I*. \V. Westborry Addresses (fathering in Rciincitsvillc C ourt House. R. W. Weetberry, demonstration agent and president of the colored farmers' State association, addressed quite a crowd of colored people and a few white people in the court house hero Saturday afternoon. He made a good speech and gave his race good advice. He said that he had lived fourteen years in Chicago, hut had come hack to South Carolina and thinks this the best place for the negro. He said the observance of the Sabbath and the respect for God in the South distinguished it from the North, and makes it a better place to live. He advised his race to stay out of debt as no man can be free while in debt. You may put it on your wife, or your boys, he said, but the responsibility rests with you to stay out of debt. "Your wife will quarrel anyhow, and your hoy will leave home anyhow," he said, and you need not try to give them everything they want."?Hennettsvilie Advocate. EXPLOSION SINKS BATTLESHIP. Dread naught Vanguard is Blown Up * at Anchor. London, July 13.?The British bat? tleship Vanguard blew up and sank on July 9, says an official statement issued tonight by the admiralty. , An interior explosion while the ship was at anchor caused the dis? aster to the Vanguard. Only three men of those on board survived and one of them has since died. Twenty four officers and 71 men, however, were not on board at the time of the explosion. The British battleship Vanguard displaced 19,250 tons and her comple? ment before the war was 870 men. The Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreadnaughts and was launched in March, 1909. The Van? guard was 536 feet long with a beam of 84 feet and a draft of 27 feet. Her armament consisted of 10 12-inch guns, 18 4-inch and four 3-pounders in addition to three torpedo tubes. Death. From The Daily Item, July 13. The friends of Mr. R. Mood Brown will regret to learn of his death to? day about noon at the Tourney Hos? pital, where he was carried last night. I-ate yesterday afternoon Mr. Brown was apparently in good health and seemed perfectly well when he was seen to go to his room In the Eagles Club. Shortly after seven o'clock, a caller found him in an unconscious condition lying on the floor. He was taken to the Tourney Hospital but never regained consciousness before the end came. His dearth was due to apoplexy. Mr. Brown is survived by his broth? er, Samuel J. Brown, of this county, and a brother and two sisters, who reside in Alabama. He was about sixty-five years old. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Sam M. Pringle, one of the oldest employees of the Sumter Electrical Works, was injured while at work in the Sumter Works of the Splitdorf Electrical Co. As he was alone in a room when the accident occurred, it is not known just how it happened. Mr. Pringle was superintending the air compres? sor, when the explosion occurred, burtsing the compressor and throwing out several pieces of metal which struck Mr. Pringle in the head. He was taken to the hospital Immediate? ly where medical attention was given him. The wound in the scalp is very painful but will probably not prove fa taI'_\ t. Wc hope rape will be used largely this fall and if a stand is to be made eertain, the ground must be prepared early?at least a month or six weeks before seeding and then be harrow? ed every ten days until the seed are put In. POT fall seeding of rape, rather heavy seeding, six to ten pounds per acre broadsast, is prob? ably best.?Progressive Farmer. FOR S ALE?Rogtstsrod Aberdeen Angus bud, four years Old, tubercu lai tested, without fault or blemish C. P. Osteen. Sumter, S. C. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure yon v Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps. Colic, Sprains, Rnrises, Out* and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insect*, Bet Antiseptic Anodyne, us.d internally and externally. P/to