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PtJlftONAL
A. W Ear sie and daughter,
ef Newberry, are vlaltlnjc Mis*
OwtM on Council St.
Mra. O. Uttleneld. of Rocky
L N. C , 1? ?pendln? a few day*
tor ?toter, Mrs. R. I* James, on
a Munter 8t
htra Ed. Harris of Beacon. N. Y . Is
her brother. Mr. I. A. Rytten
Mrs. M. P. Cordes has gone to Bllt
N. C. for a stay of several
8MB Captured.
The Daily Item. Sept 18.
rural policemen and Deputy
Ja>s*i|r Masel Boykin captured an
oVsor still this morning, this one be?
log found In the Brogdon neighbor?
hood, it ems operated by Dave Mc?
Coy* a pas lag negro, In a shedroom
Of IMS house, no particular precau?
tion* having been taken to conceal
the outfit The still, like the one
Monday afternoon, was
affair but was larger
OJMft hotter ssade than the other and
fcjMl a daily capacity of three to five
gsRsna> It to estimated. No liquor
woo foead on the premises, but about
40 sjaMpsMi of fermented mash, or
"loaf,** as it it termed, in tubs and
aSMS) store seised in the same room
OS fho stflL Dave McCoy, the owner
f of Mm still, was arrested and brought
. ft Jail. The still was not m opera
smf> when, Mm oJscers made the raid.
00* MeCoy was about ready to make
?sah was good and sour.
Uon received the ofn
that the ?tili had
hi operation for sometime and
McCoy had been doing a flour
?4
ef cotton shows a tend
eOjey to acreaaoe and as soon as the
fOOh of cotton to market by those
who always sell It as soon ss It is
fJSSSMsa, ftoordleas of the price or
Mono, la over, the price
probably go back to where It
woo before the new cotton came on
oho market Thai It is believed that
OSfloa M worth more money than it
to eytosjsag to shown by the large
of cotton that is going into
The farmers srs having a
aad stronger influence on
<vjfce market each year la proportion
as they make use of the opportunity
to warehouse their cotton and market
It slowly ss the mills need It and are
will log to pay a fair price for it.
Cotton to aa good as money these
days and theVnaa who has cotton can
put It in the warehouse and the
will let him have money to
his debts for the asking. No man
to forced to eell his cotton until he Is
reedy to do so. There Is no such
thing as distress'' cotton nowadays.
If the small farmer and Uener only
realised it
IMm't i^ooget
The demonstration of "La Camllle"
corsets. Plttlnis by an expert.
Schwarts Broa?Advt.
o and Old Age*
Christian Herald.
A woman has declared that at 10r.
to In better health and happier
at any previous time In her lifo.
Surely a woman who is healthy at
lot ought to be happy. She would
have to be happy to be healthy.
None but a happy disposition could
carry one thrdush so many ye s. A
gloomy temperament would strangle
life oaf of the body long before tho
ago of ill.
Two human body can no more
thrive In shadow than can a roee.
We live by dcetre to live. Enjoy?
ment of aod seat in life are a con?
stant saure* of life supply.
Old age ought to be the happiest
period of life, particularly for a wo?
man. If ehe ha* kept her mind ac?
tive and hae wisely refused to settb
Into tho dull rut that people always
have ready for her. she can begin In
old ago to enjoy life in earnest.
In oM ago there Is no more worry
about tho bebte?, no more suffering
for oilier a The children are drown
op aod, if her part has been well
done, they are a prop and a solace to
her. Grandchildren are a delight
without the bitter, constant worry.
Two woman grown old In years
shouts be at her beet mentally. She
to free to indulge her taste?, enjoy u
?ood book and the conversation of
genial minis
Womeo retain their vitality and
spirits tenser than men do. The bur?
dens of life faH from them gradually,
and the peace of retirement from ac?
tive dutlee eornes upon them little by
little and almost Imperceptibly.
"In Camllle."
The new lace front corset with the
venttlo bark gee the demonstration
next Monday. Hchwertx Bros.?Advt.
ttl JOB FOI
MOUTH CAROLINIAN GIVES W
PLACE ON TA1U1F BOARD.
Named Commissioner of Internal I lev
eoue~New Pu*t Ranked as One of
the Moat Important Politically Un?
der the Government.
Washington. Sept- 19 ?Much Inter?
est was shown In political circles in
Washington today when it became
known that Daniel C. Uoper of Ben
nettsville, 8. C, vice chairman of tar?
iff commission, had left that place to
become commissioner of internal rev?
enue, succeeding W. II. Osborne of
North Carolina.
Colonel Osborne is anxious to re?
linquish his post and return to his
home in North Carolina and the
change will be made aa soon as Mr.
Roper's nomination Is confirmed by
the senate. Administration officials
believe that Mr. Roper's services will
be of more value as Internal revenue
commissioner than on the tariff board.
The internal revenue commissioner
ship is one of the most important
posts politically In Waahington, rank?
ing with that of the first assistant
postmaster general, who makes many
of the appointments of postmasters
throughout the country. Mr. Roper
showed unusual talent In . handling
the office of first assistant postmaster
general during the first four years of
the Wilson administration, meeting
difficult political situations with rare
tact. In his new post he will be able
to give similar service to the admin?
istration.
Mr. Roper formally resigned from
the tariff commission today. The
change was made at the solicitation
of Secretary McAdoo, who selected
him without his knowledge, after caif
vasslng the country for a man to un?
dertake Organization of the internal
revenue bureau to collect the $3,500,
000,000 under the war revenue bill.
Aa vice chairman of the tariff com
mission. Mr. Roper's appointment was
good for ten years at a salary of $7,
500 a year. As commissioner of in
ternal revenue he will receive but
$6.500 and his appointment is goon
for but four years. His services wert
practically commandeered. ?
Passage of the new revenue bill
will greatly Increase the importance
and scope of the internal revenue bu?
reau, making it one of the most Im?
portant In the government. It wil
have to be largely reorganized and
aligned and vastly increased in per?
sonnel to meet the work of caring for
the new and Increased revonue taxes.
Commissioner Osborne felt that a
younger man should undertake the
arduous work as he was anxious to
rest after four years of enforcement
of the intersal revenue laws.
stony Ways of Measuring Stone.
Because of the variety of uses te
which it ?s pet la Its different forms,
there Ig no uniform system of mentor*
lag stone. Square feet, yards sad
rods, perches, cords tad tone ate all
la traded In the list.
Answered to the Point
? schoolteacher recently asked her
pupils to write a sentence Illustrating
the use of the word "heroes." Little
Willie handed In the following sen?
tence: "A man set down on a chair;
there was a tack on the chair. He
On the Square, It Is.
It Is queer they allow an expression
like "the four corners of the earth" to
survive after all the pains our "Jog*
gerfy" teachers take to make us think
?he earth Is round.?Exchange.
Net Always Weaker.
We often hear of the weaker sex, In
spite of which Fortune Is seldom as
strong as Misfortune.?Philadelphia
Record.
Too Much Competition.
"Now, where do you went your
speech to come?" "Put me on before
the celery Is served. Two hundred
people eating celery In unison make
It very difficult to be heard."
-
United States Loess Trade.
Brazil exports great quantities of
rubber, but buys Its automobile tires
from Europe, not because European
tires are beet, but because Europe hen
better trade connection In Brazil than
has the United States.
Tsnt for the Children.
A tetit in the back yard is a great
joy to children: it helps to keep house
and yard looking nest, for the children
csn be expected and required to keep
their playthiugs in the tent *hen they
are told thst It Is their exclusive
playroom and that they must confine
any untidiness to that parUoular spot
?Today. _
L I ????~ |#|
Why We Invy Others.
Happy circumstances la life are like
certain groups of trees. Seen from the
diets nee they look very well, but go
up to them and among them, and the
beauty vanishes; you don't know
where It can he; It Is only trees you
cc And so It Is that we often envy
he lot of others.- Schopenhauer.
INSURANCE FUND DISTRIBUTED.
Insurance Commissioner Turns $182,
426.83 Into the State Treasury for
ICiglit Mouths Kliding August 31. i
Columbia, Sept 19?$182,426.83
has been colected by State Insurance
Commissioner McMaster and turned
into tho State treasury, for the eight
months ending August 31. 1917. Of]
thib- amount, $69,249.36 was for what
is known as additional license fee,
which is divided equally between the
Sta'te and the counties for ral
county purposes.
I A total of $31,325.84 was received
by the several county treasurers from
this fund for the tax months ending
Dec. 31, 1916, and $34,624.68 for the
six months ending June 30, 1917.
The amounts paid to each county
treasurer for the first six months were
published when the distribution was
made. The several county treasurers
will receive from the State treasurer
the amount which is opposite their
names for the six months ending
June 30.
Abbeville, $412.18; Aiken, $625.92;
Anderson, $1,865.15; Bamberg, $368.
Ot; Barnwell, $384.89; Beaufort,
$274.48; Berkeley, $60.04; Calhoun.
$220.34; Charleston. $5,479.57; Cher?
okee, $4444.39; Chester. $732.30;
Chesterfield, $425.29; Clarendon.
$480.16; Colleton, $427.38; Darling?
ton, $952.29; Dillon, $362.69; Dor?
chester, $282.84; Edgefleld $299.94;
Falrfleld, $276.85; Florence, $1,024.
70; Georgetown, $268.62; Greenville.
$2,235.58; Greenwood, $821.65;
Hampton, $280.12; Horry, $225.27;
Jasper, $71.10; Kershaw, $470.82;
Lancaster, $451.55; Laurens, $707.05;
Lee, $310.32; Lexington, $o61.S7;
McCormick, $166.09; Marion, $576.
35; Marlboro, $867.56; Newberry.
$591.63; Oconee, $338.58; Orange
burg, $1,099.07; Pickens, $256,53:
Rlchland, $3,275.17; Saluda, $150.13:
Spartanburg, $2,053.68; Sumter, $1,?
249.32; Union, $697.35; Wiliamsburg
$30332; York, $1098.22. Total, $34,
624.68.
KNIT, KNIT, KNIT!
TCvcrybody Should Ro Knitting?La?
dles, Missen und Children, Uc?
Busy.
We have plenty of ynrn on ham",
now; come and get it; no mat .* hov
little you can do, it will aid in mak
ing your husbands, brothers am
sweethearts moro comfortable in ttv
trenches. Some of them are then
now and a great many more of then
will be there before we are ready foi
them. There is no time to be lost
You have responded splendidly ai
ready, but your work has only begun
"tfour chapter has undertaken r
great responsibility and they art
looking to you to assist them in car
rying it through.
Neill O'Donnell,
Chairman.
The City Council at a special meet
ing last night granted permission foi
a carnival company to exhibit in this
city for one week during the^ Count:
Fair, the licenses being remitted 111
favor of the County Fair Associa
tlon.
Cotton futures took another bb
jump today. Receipts on the loca'
market are not heavy in comparison
with other years.
To Re Closed Next Wednesday.
Tho Schwartz Stores, a holiday
Schwartz Bros.?Advt.
Mexican Mountains.
The Mexican mountains are mainly
of underlying granite formation. The
Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary
ages rocks are much in evidence
throughout thei country, while tho
highest ranger as we have seen, are
of volcanic origin. The singular
plains of Yucatan are largely of cal?
careous formation, prcbably a Terti?
ary limestone. One of the most plen?
tiful rocks over vast areas of Mexico,
and that which forms the striking va
rlatlon of scenery, if the mountain
limestone, the excessively hard strat?
ified crystallina rock of the Lower
Cretaceous period.
Wind Csrrfes Bacteria.
Tests made by Irish scientists have
shown that the wind will carry disease
bncterio 200 feet and as high as GO
feet Into the nlr.
Or s Bin of Potatoes.
There is no reason why the spirit
of mortal should be proud, unless he
owns a coal mine.?Cincinnati Times*
Star.
I Yellow.
The United States produces one-fifth
of the world's gold. Excepting the
Transvaal, this country far outranks
all other countries In turning out the
yellow metal.?New York Tel.?gram.
Not the Only One.
"1 don't believe the editor of th i
Punk Magazine even reads tin* man'.
Isjcrlptf he rejects, do you?" "I don',
think Iis even . -Mids the manuscripts I.
accepts."
FALL
NO-NAME
Correct In
The Sumter ci
HATS
STETSON
$4.50, $5.00, $6.00.
Every Detail
ithing Company
STATE-WIDE Ar i'I-TUBEKCULK>-1
SIS CAMPAIGN.
Movement Under Direction of State
Board of (Health, Headed by Mrs.
Annie I. Rembert.
Under the direction of the State
Board of Health, a State-wide cam?
paign will be inaugurated through a
central co-operating committee, head?
ed by Mrs. Annie I. Itembert, Held
secretary of the State Board of
Health, with regard to tuberculosis
and executive secretary of the South
Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis associa?
tion, for the protection not only of
the military camps of the State
against tuberculosis, but also of the
civilian population as well, and for the
care and treatment of those who hnvt
contracted the dread disease.
This work is considered vitally im?
portant during this war emergency,
and it is felt that it can be more ef?
fectively carried out in view of the
rigid examinations which are bein?
undergone and are yet to be under?
gone by thousands of young men in
the State, which will disclose many
hidden places of the malady.
The co-operating committee of the
tuberculosis war problem will be
composed of the tuberculosis commit?
tee of the State Board of Health, the
county chairmen of the State council
of defense, the chairman of the Bed
Cross organizations and special agents
of the South Carolina Anti-Tubercu?
losis association. In each county
there will be a subcommittee compos?
ed of the county supervisor, county
superintendent of education, a repre?
sentative of theicounty medical asso?
ciation, the mayor of the county scat,
the president of the chamber of com?
merce, a representative of the wo?
men's clubs and a representative of
the women's defense council. Mrs.
Rembert will organize these com?
mittees, county by county.
8UMTER COTTON MARKET.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cc?ton Buyer.
(Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon
Good Middling 20 7-8.
Strict Middling 20 2-4.
Middling 20 5-8.
Strict Uw Middling 20 2-8.
Low Middling 20.
NKW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'dy*
Open High Eow Close Close
Oct . . 21.45 22.25 21.33 22.25
Dec . . 21.37 22.12 21.10 22.12
Jan. . .21.35 21.00 21.05 22.00
Newton Gets MnloneN Job.
Washington, Sept. 18.?Byron R.
Newton, of New Work, was nominat?
ed today by President Wilson collector
of customs at New York. Mr. New?
ton will succeed Dudley Field Ma
lone, who resigned recently because
of President Wilson's position on th<"
suffrage question. Mr. Newton has
been an assistant secretary of the
treasury for several years.
The price of cotton see l has re?
acted from the low level of last week
and sales at $t!0 a ton are reported.
I
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Entbalnw.
hrompt Attention to 0a> and
NliM Calls.
At D . CHAIQ O d Stand. N. Mam.
Phon<*: 8?55Ji
STRIKE AT CANTONMENT.
Five Hundred Carpenters Quit at Camp
Jackson.
Columbia, Sept. 20.?Five hundred
carpenters' and laborers at Camp
Jackson struck when notified that
they had been docked for an hour, be?
cause they left early yesterday. They
were ordered to get their pay tomor?
row morning, and then get off the
reservation.
CROSSES FOR AMERICANS.
French Award War Crosses to Ameri
8Hli Officers.
American Headquarters, France,
Sept. 20.?Brigadier General Duncan
und Major Campbell King, are the i
first American officers to receive war
crosses from the French. They acted
as observation officers on advanced
posts on the recent Verdun offensive
Whether they will be permitted to ac
ccpt the decoration is not known.
The interest in the subject of good
roads has not abated and whenever
progressive citizens gather together
they are talking ways and means to
improve the public roads and even?
tually to have a first class system
throughout the county. The leaven
is working and in time the property
owners will be ready to vote a bond
issue or a tax levy to build and main?
tain a system of good roads under
expert supervision.
Rememljer Please
The Schwartz stores will be closed
all day next Wednesday, a religious
holiday. Schwartz Bros.?Advt.
N?^iX;Sixt^Six
This it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER.
Five or fix dotes will break any case, and
if taken then ss e tonic the Fever will not
return. It acta on the liver better then
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
STAPLE COTTON
/
If you have any staple
cotton, see us before
selling, as we are in the
market for all grades
at full prices.
?
O'DONNELL 6 CO.