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lir. Jamra Weathera of Wilmington. N. C. ap#nt Monday night In the city. He ta a member of the Wllmlngtoi tight Infantry, N C National Guard. Which Ii to ha mobllUed tomorrow, tod ho come hero to see tola parents Before going into service. Mr. and Mra. Meilbrooks Bultman Of Baotover are In the city for a few slevy*' stay . ^H"- H. K. McNeill, who haa bsen In mMf on baalaese left Monday for / Mr. aad Mrs, C. D. S< hwarti have , has* North to speed several weeks, f Mtes Sateile Wochner Is spending wKb if Und a in Andrews, gad en Pawley'e Island. $^tr. Robert Shelor has gone to eWervllle, Vs., to spend a week. Mimm Louise Wlluaats aad Master viU'sV grafts rsturned from Charleston I tit Theo aad Mies Vivian McLeod $Lvt% returned home after spending with friends and relatives at . Miller Daniela has returned Winston Sslem. N. C, where he hkt vacation C. Brown has returned from! ahneak and Master 8. R. slatting rccaUree la Orange Goldberg aad little Mies eeve go? to Raranaah. ?Ilaare they will a pan 4 the re? ef the summer with reiatlvee. Mra g. A. Harria have goa< ahalaga to spend a fort A. U Lasaana snd Miss Elisa left this morning for >, N. CA, where they will the halaacs of the auminer. Mflflas Beta de sen of Bpartsnburg ls| her ssseie, Mr. Jno. T. Green gat es 1 Hlftrh Oreen of Elliotts la, * mdnth with Ills uncle. Mr Vast" 1%. BanTtri. who has been ostaitrme wirti her parents, fK?o Spartre, lias return m YleorlpetoWn. ?B. O. Wallace have) a weeVs Visit to reL utmm; r til .1 *? eku^s +. ni m* m . 4aat Mrs. ftenry 1. Harb/ an ths engagement of their Aline Obihes. snd Mr. R Moore, ot Lexington. Ky. Attention, Please, cocntna from the Red ore are very dlscour The cutting committees are splendid work, but the trouble ?? be. the ladles of the com ley upon whom ore depend to garments are not calling Almost dally I am recelv urglag th* shipment of and op to this writing we hot boon able to make a ship *? if everybody In the town would only aatke a sot of garments it would aid he Oorp mach I appeal to your pa goskjl os. ladies, to assist us In thtsj WoJjsd Lock around the iitreeta snd geaJlHs nuanWr of hoys In khakl Berefceng the call which may come at eay minute I'robaMv ths garments' pew would maka might bo worn by own son or brother Think It I ladt*? of ftumter. then go to1 Cresa headquarters st ths Y. M eV A. bottdtDs; end take horns what gMsaoafs your urns #111 permit you Bake You will not havs to wait, tBef ore cot, tied hp aad ready to be to you Nell! O'Donnetl. Chairman. Rod Cross Chapter %:4k^WMAIt. Cotton Buyer. (Corrected dattTy at 11 o'clock Noon i Bddd MldWHffg it. mnvt sYimifog St T-t. WMdliag 2t 1-4. BtrW4 LAW Middling 22 1-1 Lew sYiddimg It I t. *?% font dbrrtrtt ttAtinivr. **% * VeVdya rkjasm rTfah fie Chase Jen . trtB t4.*i tea? t? to tt.t? Ort . . H it 21 tO 24 tt 24 42 24.25 Par . . 13 ?0 24 3? 23.tO 24.tS tt.tl 'iTeW York spots, 26 It. MY. B. F. Method, of Charleston, wftr speak at ths t'hamher of Corn met'e st h ^t tonight. Those Interest ed In the Isbor nltostion and the plan* Of fha government to mobilise skilled Fabnr for fthip building are urged to he present. Mr. Mel^ood represents ths government and he na* a message for the wotkmm and the employers of ehHIsd Isbor He has thtr**^ to tell that ire so Important that / Ore Ott bar writuo or prinud. a" LrrTiiK canus drowned. Two Daughters or Mr*. 11. F. Hayns worth Drowned In Mill Pond Near Floren??. From The Daily Item. July 25. ?>>W8 v/as received about two o'clock today of the drowning of little Misses Rita and Jessie Haynsworth, daugh? ters of Mrs. R. F. Haynsworth, of this city, the two children having been drowned In Muldrow's Mill pond near Florence. From what meagre Information that could be gathered, it seems that these two little girls were In bathing with Miss Kvelyn Barnes and Mr. Mat Mc Cown. Tbe three girls got beyond their depth. Miss Barnes was saved. The* Haynsworth girls were drowned. The bodies were recovered and will arrive here on the 9.30 train tonight. The unfortunate affair took place about mid-day. The Misses Haynsworth were visit? ing In Florence, having been there about a week. Rita was fourteen years of age, and Jessie thirteen. They were well known In Sumter and the news of their untimely death comes as a severe shock to everyone. They are survived by their mother, one sister. Miss Pauline, and three broth i*to\ Robert, John and Bert all of this city. OKN. haig a Plot's man. Kugtaud Believes She 'Has Found Man of the Hour In Sir Douglas Belg. England now believes she at last has the ons big man shs has needed to lead her to victory. That man is Sir Douglas Haig, com mm ding the British Army in France and the driving power behind the great attack which is pSishlng back ths Germans day after day. And Halg. called "England's savior," was ohce barred from the army because he was color blind. Hslg, when a student at Oxford, had no Idea of joining the army, but on a bet with a classmate, applied for admission. He was turned down by the medical board. Determined he asked the Duke of Cambridge foi help and through him Anally waa ac? cepted without examination. Halg comes from a noble family of Scotch stock. He was born June 19. 1111, and married In 1906 to Dorothy Vivian, daughter of the third Lord Vivian, and mald-tn-honor to Queen Alexandria. They hove two daugh? ters. Once in the service, Halg moved up rapidly. He studied the American Civil War and went to Germany to study the Prussian military system. He served In the Sudan In 1898 and was under Kitchener at Atbara and Khartoum. The tint great achievement of Haig was under General French In South Africa, during the Boer War In 18 98. He was at meas With other officers after the Colesburg operations and the quartermaster was listing the loaaes of each man. "Did you lose snythlng, Halg?1 asketl the quartermaster. "Yes." answered the young officer. "My Blbls." Thst tnborn piety accompanied Halg throughout his military career and the Bible has its plsce among his maps and books and is consulted by tbe general every day. Hulg was still practically unknown to the public until the present war. He waa In command at tbe battle of M?ns, when it looked as if the British would have to retreat. Haig calmly studied the situation and quietly turn? ed to his subordinates, saying: "We shall hold on here for a while. If we all die for It." That aroused the English forces to stop tbe on? coming Hermans. Halg became "tbe hero of Mona." When General French was with? drawn from command of the British forces in France, the command fell to Halg. He Is the man for "the ;iob." He has a mastery over his men that is magnetic, spiritual, rutber than material. He uses no lash, but quiet, calm orders that no man would dis? obey. , Halg Is I skilled rider. He talks lermun and French fluently, and has I working knowledge of Arabic. No matter how urgent the war. Jener tl Halg takes his regular eight hours of sleep. Explosion Not ExpluliHMl. Sydney. C. B.. July 26.?Officials of the Dominion Coal Co. say they are unable to determine the rnuse of the explosion In their mine yesterday, causing thirty-two deaths. Muse Dlxon, the negro who wus In? jured In the automobile aeeldent at the railroad crosMlng on East Liberty street Tuesdav afternoon, died at the Tourney Hospital today. The Inquest will be held nt 9.30 tomorrow morb Ing. There was a considerable- amount of tobueeo on the Hoot of Hie ware house today. Mr. W II Bradford killed a mad dog on feast Liberty strsat today. FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT* Ford Cur Driven by J. M. Keels Turns Over at Railroad Crossing on East Liberty Street. From The Dally Item, July 25. About 7 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a Ford car driven at hifdi speed by Mr. J. M. Keels, of Mayesvllle, turned completely over when it struck the railroad crossing on East Liberty street, near the tobacco warehouse throwing Mr. Keels and Mose Dlxon, adored, who was the only other occu? pant of the car, out on tho roadway. Mr. Keels' shoulder was dislocated, his collar bo ie broken and he was other wist bruised, but miraculously es? caped fatal Injury. Mose Dixon was fatally injured, his skull being fractur ed. He was unconscious when picked up and taken to the hospital and up to midday had not regained conscious? ness. He was still alive at last re? ports, but there Is practically no hope of his recovery. When the car struck the crossing one front and two rear tires blew out, the car turned completely over, re? gaining an upright position, ran off forty or fifty feot before it stopped on the sidewalk. The top was com? pletely demolished when the car turn? ed over and the wheel rims were crushed by the force of the impact when they struck the railroad irons. Those who witnessed the accident agree that the car was running at ter? rific speed when it passed the to? bacco warehouse and they say that when It struck the crossing the tires exploded with a report like that of a big gun. When the car was examined after tho accident the gasoline feed was found pulled down to the last notch, and the spark also on the last notch. Indicating that the car was running at the limit of its speed. SUBSTITUTES FOR BOOZE. Merchants Warned Against Selling Ja? maica Oingcr and Extracts. It is said that Jamaica Ginger, lem? on extract and other acticles of heavy alcoholic content, not Intended as a beverage, are being carelessly sold to men whose presumptive use of such things is for beverage purposes. It Ik timely that a word of warning be giv? en to men who sell articles of this sort, for though they have a legiti? mate use, and no one wishes to im? pose unduly harsh restrictions, still they are being misused in many places, a fact of Interest to the merchant or druggist who sells the articles, since the seller is guilty of violating both State and federal laws against the sale of alcoholic beverages. I offer this word of suggestion so that men who have not been duly regardful of the law, but are innocent of purpose to violate, may think somewhat of the consequences. Good citizens everywhere are urged to report to magistrates the sales of flavoring extracts and ginger as bever? ages; or cases where tho purchase was presumptively for beverage use. Many new bottled drinks are now on sale. The law allows a beverage to contain only one per cent, of alco? hol. Some of this stuff recently seiz? ed contained seven per cent, alcohol, or twice as much as beer. I suggest to friends of law that they have some of these drinks analyzed. If any bottled drink sold in your com? munity is developing sudden popular? ity, or otherwise gives rise to sus? picion I shall bo glad to have it an? alyzed/ It is of the highest importance to us in South Carolina to deal promptly and sternly with the illicit dealer, and the merchant who takes chances can? not plead ignorance. Five great mil? itary camps arc within our borders and we owe an obligation to our gov? ernment, but to ourselves also, for in these great camps are our own boys, fresh from well ordered homes and the restraints of society, suddenly crowded In camps without the accus-J turned restraints or rellnements. To have spiked bottled drinks or extracts available may be of serious conse? quence. And this applies equally tu those alcoholic nostrums musquerad ing as medicine. j. K. Bruedln Supt. Anti Saloon League of South Carolina. Ml ST HAVE AUTO LICENSE. Attorney General's Opinion Regard? ing :tO-Dny Residents. Columbia. July 25.?Tn a letter to C. L. Hrockway, of Spartanburg, Thos. H. Peeplee, Attorney General, holds that a person living within the State for thirty days or more must secure jl state, Heenes in order to operate an automobile over the streets and high ways of the State. The letter con lotntng the opinion follows: "Answering your letter of the L':i' Inst.i I beg to say that inasmuch 01 yOU have been within the State ol SOtlth Caroling more than thirty day. and expect to remain until the flri of October, It will be necessary tu. you to take out an automobile llcensi under the laws of this State in onh to operate your car over the rood and streets here." THE CALL TO ARMS. Mobilization of Second Regiment To? day Caused Many Sunder Men to Don the Uniform. From The Dally Item. July 25. The order to the Second S. C. Regi? ment, National Guards, to mobilize today caused the guardsmen who re? turned to civilian life temporarily when they returned from the Texas border a few months ago, to again don the uniform this morning. Company L (Surnter Light Infant? ry), Capt. R. T. Brown, commanding, assembled in their armory this morn? ing, out of town members coming in on last night'a or the early morning trains. The company has been re? cruited to a strength of more than 80 men, and additional recruits \vere re? ceived during the day. The company will remain here until orders are re? ceived to proceed to the camp at Greenville. Messrs. William Reynolds and TienJ. D. Hodges left this morning for Charleston to Join the Light Dragoons, of which command they are members. Edward Atkinson and Noble Dick have gone to Florence, where the Hospital Corps mobilized. Burrell Deas has gone to Charles? ton to Join his company, the Sumter Guards. Campobollo Mineral Springs Hotel. Mr. James Harris, the veternn min? eral springs hotel man, has an ideal summer resort in the Campobello Springs Hotel. Situated 300 feet above the little Pacolet river, which runs below it about three-quarters of a mile distant, and a mile from the village of Campobello, the hotel over? looks the valley and in fact it is on the summit of a ridge which slopes off on all sides and gives a beautiful view of the surrounding country, with the mountains of North Carolina looming up on the west, Hog Back, the nearest' ridge being only a few miles off. Paris Mountain, near the city of Greenville, can also be seeVi toward the south. The days ara pleasant and nights delightfully cool. The hotel has the advantage of moun? tain air and scenery with a fine miner? al spring, a combination that Is very unusual. The spring is located at the foot of the hfll npon which the hotel b* built and Is reached b'y a winding i; its waters are cool and health giving and its surroundings are very pleasant. Guests were at the hotel last' week, wfcien we left, from North and South Carolina, Florida and Geor? gia and were all enjoying the quiet of the country. The fare is good end the comfort of the guest is carefully looked after. Mr. Harris is a man of great energy and in additon to his hotel business, is operating a ro!ler flour mill, a grist mill and a saw mill on the place; Sumter peopie wanting a nice quiet resting place,' 'where the expenses are very moderate, can not do better than visit Campobello Springs. Leaving here on the Coast Line at 9 45, close connection Is made in Columbia with the Southern train which reaches the town of Campobello at 5.15 p. m., an auto will take you to the hotel, where Mr. Harris and his assistants will make you feel at home in the big house, to which a new wing has Just been added, containing 50 rooms. Our stay at the hotel was much en Joyed. M. The fatal auto accident yesterday afternoon was the result of reckless speeding, according to a half dozen or more witnesses, who were at the to? bacco warehouse and saw the ca; Hash by and then turn over as it struck the railroad crossing. The streets of Sumter are habitually used as speed-ways by reckless auto driv? ers, and the wonder is, not that there are accidents, but there are comparatively so few of them. The law against speeding on the streets should be rigidly enforced and if ad? ditional policemen are necessary to enforce the law and arrest the speed? sters as many extra men as are need? ed should be employed. The speed fanatics may have a right to risk their own lives, but every time one of them goes tearing through the streets he endangers the lives of scores of pedestrians and other car owners who may be on the streets The rural policemen would be doing a public set-vice if they would also arrest every reckless spedster they eneounter no the public roadfl. The road hogs who take the middle of the road and refuse to give safe passing room should also be severely handled. New Honey. I am no,w extracting the new crop of honey and am selling at the old price, US cents per quart, on draught) or in glass Jars, 45 cents per quart. Have a limited supply of white eomb honey In sections, .about one pound, that I am selling at 110 cents per section. Bend t? my residence, 320 West Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2. N. G. OSTEEN. THE BOLL WEEVIL TOUR. PLANS FOR THE TRIP THftOtJGH GEORGIA ANI> ALABAMA AUK COMPLETER. Route and Itinerary of Tour by Sum ter County Boll Weevil Commission Outlined by County Demonstration Agent .1. Frank Willianvs?Mr. T. O. Plmikett. the Boll Weevil Ex? port, Will Accompany Party. The preliminary plnns for the trip of the Sumter Counly Boll Weevil t 'ommission to the holl weevil sections of Georgia and Alabama have been practically completed by County Dem? onstration Agent J. Frank Williams. The route has been decided upon and the itinerary has been outlined as fol? lows: Leave Chamber of Commerce, Sum? ter, at 7 a. m. Monday, August Cth. Camden, 31 miles, Columbia, 33 miles, Batesburg, 32 miles, Aiken, 27 miles, Augusta, Ga., 17 miles, Wayneshoro, 31 miles, Louisville, 25 miles, Sandersville, 20 miles. Total miles first day, 222. Spend the night in Sandersville o Louisville. Tuesday, August 7. Leave Sandersville Tuesday morning. Wrightsville, 20 miles, Dublin, 18 miles, Spend several hours at Dublin, first point of observation. Coehran, 24 miles, Hawkinsville, 16 miles, Montezuma, 40 miles, Americus, 16 miles. Total miles second day, 13S. Spend the night in Americus, sec? ond point of observation. Wednesday, August 8. Leave Americus during forenoon. Ellavllle, 1? miles, Beuna Vista, 13 miles, Columbus, 26 miles. Opelika, Ala., 20 miles. Auburn, 6 miles, Tuskegee, 16 miles, Montgomery, 25 miles, Selma* 36/ miles. Total miles third day, 158. Spend the night and next day at Selma. Thursday, August 9th. Leave Selnia late in the afternoon. Montgomery, 35 miles, Spend the night in Montgomery." Friday, August 10th. Leave Montgomery early morning. Tuskegee, 25 miles, Auburn, 16 miles, Opelika, 6 miles, LaGrange, Ga., 47 miles, Newnan, 48 miles, Griffin, 40 miles. Total miles fifth day, 182. Spend night in Griffin. Saturday, August 11th. Leave Grifiln early morning. Forsythe, 10 miles, Macon, 23 miles, Milledgeville, 32 miles, Sparta, 24 miles, Warrcnton, 20 miles, Thomson, 11 miles, Augusta, 31 miles. Total miles. Total miles sixth day, 171. Spend night and Sunday in Augusta. This schedule is subject to change If it is found desirable and advantage? ous to make a longer stay at any of the points, and it is possible a longer stop may be made In the vicinity of Americus, Ga., putting the arrival of the party one day later at Selma, Ala. Or it may he found advisable to stay a day longer at Selma so as to he able to Visit the Demopolis section, 46 miles beyond Selma. In no event, however, is it expected to extend this trip more than eight days. As the itinerary is outlined the party will ar? rive at Augusta on the evening of the sixth day after leaving Sumter, and those who do not object to travel? ing on Sunday will be able to reach home Sunday afternoon. If a longer .stay Is made either at Americus, Sei ma or some other point, the party will not reach Augusta until Sunday afternoon. Mr. Williams is arranging to have a farm demonstration agent meet the party at each stopping place so that no time will be lost in seeking Infor? mation. Mr. T. O. PlUnkett, Farm Demonstration Agent of the Southern Railway, who has had eighteen year: experience in lighting the boll weevil and farming under boll weevil condi ttoits in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, will join the party at Augusta and will remain with It throughout the tour. His knowl? edge Of the country end the informa? tion that he is able to give will be of invaluable service to tho Sumter County Commission and will make the trip one of practical education. In this be will be assisted by local and state demonstration agents of both Georgia and Alabama. After reach? ing the weevil infested section oc? casional stops will be made along the way to inspect the fields so that the damage that the weevil has done and is doing ibe growing crop may be seen. The daily mileage as planned in the itinerary is not believed to be excess? ive, the only really long run being that of the first day, 222 mites, from Sandcrsvillo, Qa,, and this was pur? posely made long so that tlie party might reach the boll weevil section as quickly as possible and then have more time to travel leisurely on the succeeding days. Mail or telegrams forwarded to members of the party will reach them at the places where the party will spend the nights. Those who are go? ing with the party should clip this itin? erary so that they may he familiar with the route, and also that they may leave dWsationi frith their families where they may he reached by tele? graph, each day, in case of emergen? cy. LAYMEN'S UNION MEETS. Sort ion of San too Hupt ist Association at Pine wood. Pinewood, July 25.?The Laymen's Union for the Santee Baptist Associa? tion will meet here next in the Bap? tist Church Friday afternoon at 10.30 o'clock. The following program will be Called out. 10.30 to 10.45, devotional, by the Kev. J. D. Bowen; 10.45 to 11, appointment of committees, enroll? ment of members; 11 to 11.30, the budget system for discussion; 11.30 to 1? "Should We Undertake an Associa tional Campaign for Revival Meetings in This Association?If So How?" 12 to 12.30, "Christ as We May See Him in Present Day World Conditions;" 12.30 to 1.30, Baptist Young People's Union, by Lynchburg and Clarendon churches; 1.30 to 2.30, recess and din? ner; 2.30 to 2.45, devotional led by the Rev. W. M. Rankin; 2.45 to 3.15, Dis? tinctive Baptist Doctrines, What They Are and What They are Worth to Baptists and to the World;" 3.15 to 3.4 5, "What Are the New Testament Requirements for an Efficient Deacon and His Relation to the Pastor?" 2.45 to 4.15, suggestions for increasing the attendance at and interest in the as? sociation; 4.15, report of committees, miscellaneous business, announce? ments and adjournment. ONLY DEATH AND FAILURE. Result of i"urious German Attacks on Aisne Front. On the French Front, Tuesday July 24.?The furious attack of the Germans along the Chemin-Des Dames sector of the Aisne front has brought thern nothing but death and the complete failure of all their plans to obtain possession of the ridge and the observation places. At daybreak today the French launched a counter attack with such vigor that they turned the Germans out of the few hundred yards of trenches they had succeeded in oc? cupying in the first onslaught, and sent them rushing to their old lines. The Californie plateau was the seene of the most furious fighting. The Germans who gained a footing there at the beginning of the offensive were driven out everywhere except at one small point which is of no import? ance, as neither side can hold it for a moment. On the Casemates plateau the re? sult was similar. The French would not be denied. At almost every point they compelled the retirement of the Germans who attempted to organi2e the territory they had gained. Subse? quently the Germans tried once more ? o drive out the French but gained not the slightest success. Canning Peaches. If peaches are packed in the Jars with the pit cavity down, more fruit can be put into the containers and a liner looking product is obtained. Peaches should be washed careful? ly in cold water, dipped ihto boiling water a moment or two until the skin slips and then into cold water for an instant. The skin is then slipped off, the peaches cut into halfs and the pits removed and the halfs packed into jars with pit cavity down. A few pits should be placed near the bottom of ihe Jar to give flavor to the fruit. Add medium syrup boiling hot to All jars, partially tighten tops and ster? ilize for sixteen minutes in boiling wa? ter. After complete sterilization, re? move jars from the boiling water, tighten tope and invert to cool in place free from draughts. Wrap in dark paper to prevent loss of color, j label and store In cool, dry place. Opinions from Folks Who Know * i For malarial headache, Granger Liver Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.?J. Height, Wctumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Somer Yillf. Ala. m * Mother had sick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taken before.?Pcarley Davis, Parin, Ala. I I never expect to be without it in my home.?Jcnie Usey, Gadaden. Ala. It is a great saver of doctors' bills. ?Louis N. Kent, Honoraviile, Ala. There is none better.?Dr. T. E. Cothram. Alexis, Ala. *" All druggists sell Granger Liver Regulatgr?k'&c. Try it.