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PERSONAL.
Mr*. I<sccy McKinnon. of Kernen?
dln*. Fl? .. lar In the city visiting rela?
tives.
Father N. A Murphy left this
? nlng for Spartanhurg to which
pariah he wu recently transferred I?
bishop Russell.
Capt M. 8. Chase has gone to N- w
^ork.
Mrs. It. F. Haymvworth and daugh?
ter have gone to Florence to visit
relatives.
M ihm .\f|| Klnard of Clrconwod is
Malting Miss Ijoulsc Carson.
Mrs. A. V. Snell of Charleston, is
?pending the week-end with Mrs. H.
G Oateen.
Miss Klla McFadden has returned
home from Little Swltserland, N. C,
after a stay of several weeks.
Mr. E. Turner White spent Sunday
at home on furlough from Can p
Jackson.
Mr. A. V. 8nell of Charleston spent
Sunday in the city.
Mr. Walter Kennoker of Wilming?
ton. N. C. spent Sunday In town. Mrs.
Rsnneker has been here several d.iys
visiting her sisters. Mrs. ?. P. Pitts
rod Mrs. D. W. Cunningham.
attss Emily Pope is visiting Miss
Janl. Miksll.
Mrg. James A. Gardner, of Sum
tnerton Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. E
Hodge on South Sumter street.
Miss Madge Grossman, of Atlanta
Miss Pauline Gardner of Savannah
and Miss Helen Kohn. of Columbi*.
are the guests of Miss Kita Schwartz
for ths SchwarU-Aronstam weddlrtf
on Wednesday.
Weeks-Koacli.
Miss Daisy Weeks and Mr. J. F.
Roach were quietly married In Co?
lumbia Isst Wednesday afternoon.
Ksv. Khott Turnlpseed. pastor of the
groom, performing the ceremony.
Miss Weeks Is the attractive daugh?
ter of Former Chief Weeks of thb
city. Mr. Iloach is well remembered
hers, having worked In the shoe de?
partment of SchwarU Bros, for a
nmmbsr of years.
Women Tools.
(From the Baltimore Sun.)
It Is said that Queen Victoria, of
Sweden, a Baden princess. Is respon?
sible for the treacherous German
machinations In Argentina. When we
read list of German princesses who
have been responsible for misfortune
to their royal consorts, and for trou?
ble In their adopted lands. It is im?
possible to deny that Wilhelm planned
well for the downfall of royalty
throughout Europe when he managed
the royal marriages of members of
the German feminine aristocracy.
fit UTOHS IX RUSSIA.
American Agitator* Sowing Seeds of
Hiso.nl in Petrograd.
! ? t I A Bolshevlki
mass meeting which was harangued
by agitators recently from the Unit?
ed States adopted resolutions pro?
testing against the Imprisonment of
Alexander Berkman In the United
states snd the report that he had
been sentenced to death. When the
Speakers scoffed at American liberty
were only mlldlv applauded. A
threatened demonstration at the
American embassy was not carried
out. The government sent troops
there though the ambassador had not
le'.uested them.
STHIKI IN HORTON.
Dork laborers Tie up Foreign
Freight.
Boston. Ort. 1 .--?If the strike of a
thousand d?> \> ?????n Inaugurated
Is maintain* I ? i n?us tleup
ffl ocean goins freight Is feared.
*AM" LA FOLLFTTI EX PELLF.D.
Pn*u ?t fr in New York Presented In
Senate.
Washington. Oft 1? The petitions
..f \? ? Y..rk org.M-.tnms seeking
th#? expulsion from the senate of \m
I oil* M, i.h.Mri und Htone w.i i- pi e
ggsjfced today and referred to the com?
mittee on privileges and elections.
CO%L STKIKI si III I P
Ter?we-?s?-e and Kentucky Miners Mill
Go to Work.
Lexicon. Ky . M 1 It Is semi?
officially snnoum pi that a settlement
hss hggsj reached in the strike of the
seventeen to eighteen thousand ca!
miner* In the Kentucky und Tennessee
Heids.
STRIKT IN ARGENTIN Y
AnnrchMk- Workmen Declare Gen
ernl lte\?diiUonai \ MffkO?
Muenos Aires. Sept --A general
revolutionary strike has hern deelar
ed by snsrch'stlc workmen, but Ho
Socialist workmen refused to Join.
COM> WIN U K COMINCJ,
Dutch Prophet Say* Much Inclenicn;
Weather Will Prevail Willi BlOCM
of Prc< I pit at Ion.
"It is possible now to make a fort
east of winter tempei ature ami
amount of precipitation for the period
ending with the vernal equinox of
1? 18," aaid the Dutch Weather Proph?
et yesterday. "A cold winter is indi?
cated with a great deal of inclement
weather which will begin to appear
November 1.
The amount of precipitation will
make up the detlciency of about ten
inches which now exists and by April
1, 1918 have an excess on record.
"The forecast for killing frost on
October 7, (central date) for the
Piedmont section is renewed herewith
This period will be preceded by an
area of precipitation, followed b-,
northwest winds. Severe frost may
be expected south of parallel 34 on
the above central date.
"It is scarcely possible with much
Inclement weather indicated that the
winter will pass away without snow
At least two snowfalls will occu:
south and east of the Blue Ridg<
since the old-fashioned winter is nov
to prevail, and when winter will no:
get mixed up so much with spring a*
has been the case In recent years
Summer will also be distinct fron
spring and of course, the seasons wit
thus begin to turn to normal condi
tlons."?The State.
STORM AT PENSACOL^.
small Property Damage From tirea*.
Blow.
Pensacola, Sept. 30 (Wireless t<
New Orleans).?Pensacola emerged
from the battering last Friday of on<
of the most territic tropical hum
canes that ever struck this section
with no loss of life reported up t<
early today In this vicinity and with
comparatively small property damage
considering the storm's violence. For
about eight hours Friday this cit>
and nearby terr tory were at ?he nu r
ey of the wind's fury, which for
very brief instant reached a maximum
velocity of be< w??en 130 and 140 mile:
an hour and blew for sever il minute:
at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
The wind tleW during several tus
tained periods between 80 and 'j'
miles an hour.
An accurate estimate of the proper
ty loss was not available early today
!>ut considerable damage was done
along the water front to wh-i'-vea am
piers and a number of vessels. mostl>
of small size, were blown ashore, bu
apparently were not seriously dam
aged. There also was damage due t<
high tides.
In the city the prinnclpal damagi
appeared to be conllncd to roofs
porches, plate glass windows am.
frailer frame structures and to tele
graph and telephone wires.
A territic rain accompanied tin
wind and tide. The work of eloarln;
up the debris, repairing broken and
tangled wires and putting the cit\
back to normal appearance was be
gun Saturday.
The Business Pledge of fjoyalty urn
Service.
(From the New York World.)
Half a million business men and
every industry in every State of th<
Union were represented In the con
ventlon at Atlantic City of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United States
which unanimously passed this amoni
other resolutions:
"Undismayed at the prospect of
great taxes, facing the consumptlot
of its accumulated savings, Americar
business, without hesitation, pledge;
our government its full und unquali
fled mi [-poll in the prosecution of th<
war until Prusslanism Is utterly de
stroyed."
The whole spirit of that rcmarkabP
gathering and every sentiment ex
pressed were in harmony with thi:
pledge of the entire industrial plan'
of the nation to the service of tin
government in prosecuting the war
Tell us what you want, these busines
: i' n say to tho government: Name
what you think will be a fair Dritt
for all buyers?and we will cooperat*
all along the line to see that you gei
what you want with all possible ex
p.-ditlon. We will hold war meeting:
among th ? people at home and stir
the spirit, of patriotic enterprise t<>
the utmost.
No such demonstration of general
and practical loyalty to the American
government In war has ever before
( <une from the country's broad busi
ness interests Here and there have
appeared balky industrial plant
|| mist the government's efforts t
end the war profiteering. They have
? i ' ii tin- taotptlon and not the rule
We may bell, ve that. in the pres?
ence of this nrousement and pledge t"
public service from the rank and til
of business men over the land, tin
i ute will cease to ha \ e even a f"\\
except ion<
Or Why It Doesn't.
(From the Des Moine? Register. ?
Hilf the world doeni't Know how
the other half pays its groccy bills.
I Inn vi I a mihi-.
Bditor Dally Item.
Will you please a.sk some of the
many readers of The Item, to give a
report of the success of planting and
harvesting potatoes in barrels? So
as to encourage others who were not
fortunate enough to procure barrels,
and oblige one who is very much in?
terested. J. N. Brown.
Sumter, S. C.
(We second the motion, and sug?
gest that those who experimented in
the barrel method of growing Irish
potatoes tell our readers all about the
results obtained. If potatoes can be
grown as- easily and as profitably as
alleged the public should be convinc?
ed of the fact by home-grown testi?
mony so that all of us may become
barrel farmers next spring If the po?
tatoes do not grow easily and prodi?
giously, then the people should know
it.)
To a Potato Barrel.
(With apologies to Longfellow.)
Tell me not in mournful, numbers
That you're but an empty dream,
That the lovely vines around you
Have not rootlets as they seem.
The work was- real, and 1 was earnest
There were visions of your gold.
Now after weary months of waiting,
All that's left is earth and mould.
When I sought your hidden treasure,
'Twas all to help you, Uncle Sam;
What I found was not a rootlet,
But a wordlet which is ?
(Will some of the other "bugged'
Potato Karrclcrs kindly supply th<
last word? Experimenter.
Another.
1
I, too, need a word?-yes, just one
Hut, alas; it's very hard to get,
For I've been thinking long
And haven't got it yet.
Of the potato-producing barrel
I heard with great delight:
Thinking the potatoes I'd corral,
Would simply be a sight.
Printed directions I received?
Exactly right I wanted to begin
For by growing potatoes
The war I could help to win.
They grew fast and big?
My prospects were very high?
When above the barrel they ha*
grown,
Alas, they all began to die.
1 was not completely discouraged
Hoping that there was still
A chance that I would not have
To pay an Irish potato bill.
So a little later I went
To my barrel, expecting to find
Potatoes big and a plenty,
But I've changed my mind.
My disappointment was complete, ,
For not a one did I get?
And for a word to express my feel?
ings.
I have sought?am seeking yet.
I've now reached the conclusion?
From experience I ought to know
A thorough test goes to prove
Tubers in a barrel will not grow.
?C. Notscw.
A Tale of Four Barrels.
(P.y P. T?te O'Hickey.)
If taters in a barrel?nix
Turn others to the poet's muse,
Mhy may not all of us poor hicks
Likewise in vcrs-e, proclaim our
views.
In barrels four I cast manure,
Fight inches deep in each;
Mixed well with loam, for to be sure
The rules did thusly teach.
'Upon those mounds of fertile soil
All round and round the tatera laid;
And inch by inch of daily toil,
By re c k of rule the game I played.
I The tender shootlots upward shot,
Sonic tall, some short, some me?
dium.
Of inward joy and happy thought
My soul was full yes 'twas. b>
gum.
True sonn1 did die. and others wilt.
Bui still were left a few.
And on those few my castle built
? if pari reward for what was due.
Now when the vines had shot their
shoot,
And clambered o'er the top;
Me thought my time to gather i<?<>t
For honest work, had come sure
pop.
Those bands upside down I turn??!
And grabbled In the muck;
Bui nary tatei I'll be durncd
W;is I here. ( ?' sonny 1 w afl El! UcU,
ThW faithful fable teaches us,
More plainly than a sermon can,
Por ail our pnln, and hope, hnd fuss
\V ? still are Maren of tb ? RTOC
1 man.
A iiYltilEL FARMER.
Potatoes Grow Vigorously nut Pro?
duced Nothing.
Editor Daily Item.
In reply to your request for in?
formation as to the lUCCON of pota
toes growing in barrels. I planted
two barrels as per Instructions issued
by the department and tended same
carefully. They grew and grew and
Krew and we added soil and more soil
until they reached the top. They were
watered carefully and after they had
grown about six or eight inches
above the top of tTie barrel they died
beautifully. I emptied out the bar?
rels and found nothing whatsoever
therein in the shape of potatoes.
I have spoken to several others
who tried this and am yet to hear
of one who met with any success
whatsoever. I am afraid the propo?
sition is too good to be true.
Yours very truly,
I. A. Ryttenberg.
DEMAND LA FOLLETTE'S EXPUL?
SION.
I'rotcst From Governor of Minnesota
Presented in Semite.
Washington, Sept. 29.?The com
munication of the governor of Min?
nesota and the State committee of
Public Safety demanding the expul?
sion of Senator LitFollette from the
senate was presented in the senate to?
day and referred to the committee on
privileges and elections.
Women Asked to Meet.
All the women and young girls who
are interested in the welfare of the
enlisted men are asked to meet in tin
auditorium of V. c Girls' High School
at 4.30 on Wednesday afternoon, Oc
tober 3rd to discuss some plan to
raise money for the Community Club
for their benelit opened in Columbia.
The club is under the care of th<
National League for Service and they
are anxious for the help of all wh?
care for the boys in the ranks.
Mrs*. John Sumter.
Has Edison Solved It?
If the great majority of Americans,
and not a few million people else?
where, were not prepared to believe
any announcement of an achieve?
ment by Mr. Edison, especially If ft
involves the use of electricity, no
quite as much and not quite as se?
rious attention would be paid as i;
how given to the story of an erratb
torpedo just brought In by A eteame.
arriving at an Atlantic port Which
of course, must be nameless. Fo;
really the doings of a single torped<
that acted as if its propelling ma
chlnery were out of order hurdl>
supplied adequate data on which to
found the large conclusion that a de
!vice has been found through the use
'of which the most terrible weapon o
the German submarines?the weapor
Without which they would lose tht
I greater part of their terrible efficien?
cy?can be turned aside from its se?
lected victim and made to sink harm
lessly to the bottom of the sea at tin
termination of its brief course.
Naturally, faith in this news i>
much strengthened by the eager de
jsire we all feel that it bo true, am
lit is not intrinsically impossible sc
j to influence the steering apparatus ol
! a torpedo as to divert it from its tar
t
^et. To be sure, compressed air
from which torpedoes get their mo?
tive power after they are launched
Is 8ceminbly immune to electrh
J interference, even of the so-called
wireless variety. Still, after all, it
I
.is more credible that In some way ot
' other the detlectlon can be effected
{from an attacked steamer than Is th
alternative theory that the torpedo
observed behaved like a sil^htly de
Imented porpoise because it had heel.
? made to do so by the Germans them?
selves, In order that it might be bet
|ter to overtake a vessel steaming a
j zigzag course. That explanation oi
jwhat was seen has two weaknesses
jthe one due to the fact that the Ger?
mans never invent anything really
new, but are content to Improve und
apply the inventions of others, and
the second rests on the more impor?
tant fact?one less disputable by Gei?
lnaus?that automatic zigzags by a
1 pursuing torpedo would not help a bit
j toward overtaking a slgagginB
1 steamer.
I For the time being it is safest t<
suspend Judgment on this most pleas*
.lug tale, hoping, meanwhile, that i:
is VeraclOUS.??New York Times.
Civil Service Examination.
An examination will be held in
Sumter October 26th of applicants for
position of clerk in the Internal ltov
enue Service. About one thousand
positions are to he filled. Those who
desire to take the examination can
obtain full information from the clerk
of the local civil sei vier board at tin
postoffice.
i Most people are paying rash, hul
time prices prevail. Anderson Mail.
An old reliable Life Insurance Company
desires a representettve in Sumter County.
Has had an agency in this state over
fifty years.
Addresr,
P. O. Box 868
Charleston, S. C
? H ????????? +f> ?????? (
11 in m mm
Water Systems and Plumbing, also
Electric Light Plants for
Country Homes.
I sell and install Water Systems, using either
elevated or compression tanks and Fairbanks
Morse & Co.'s gasoline and kerosene oil engines.
Also agent for Septic Tanks.
Will be pleased to go over ycur work and give
you an estimate without eost to you. Get my
figures before giving out your work ? I have
satisfied customers in all pan s of the county.
f
A. J. ARD
Phone 420 24 E. Liberty Stn et
WILL YOU HELP?
Pood Administrator Appeals to South
Carolinians to Save Flour and Meat
David R. Coker, United State
Food Administrator for South Caro?
lina, has issued an appeal to the
people of the State advocating a meat?
less and wheatless day for each week.
The following is the appeal to th<
people of South Carolina:
"The time has come for our people
to prove their patriotism by a little
self denial. While the soldiers of oui
aMies are bravely lighting and our
own splendid boys are getting reads
for the big push we must do our part
at home to support and encourag
them.
"The United States Food Adminis?
tration has asked every family of the
nation to abstain from using wheat
in any form during one day of each
week, and also to abstain from the
use of meat for one day. It is csti
mated that 80,000,000 to 90,000.000
bushels of wheat and 2,200,000.00?
pounds- of meat would be saved if the
entire nation adopted this program.
'Most of our people thoroughly ap?
preciate our great cereal, corn, and it
would be no hardship for them to
use it exclusively not only one day,
but on several days of the week. Wit a
well boiled hominy for breakfast,
cornbread for dinner and corn muf
iins or spoon bread for supper, none of
us will feel the absence of biscuit or
lightbread. '
"The need of saving wheat and
meat is very great, and I, therefore,
call upon the people of South Caro?
lina to icspond to the call of the Nat?
ional Food Administration and ab?
stain from wheat and meat on one
day of each wek."
Proved His Patriotism.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
Another "sign of the times'' is ftlis
from the Cleo Springs (Ok.) Times:
"Our esteemed friend, William
Dunkhofer, has made a petition to the
court to have his name changed to
John Gun and to have his daughter's
changed from Wilhelmina to E pluri
bus Unum."
Even Washington himself was once
drafted into the service ot I is coun?
try. It was in 1798. long after the
Revolution! and after Washington
had been president for two terras
ai d had gone into a well-earned re
tlrement at Mount Vernon. Prance
had broken relations with us. and war
impended. Congress appointed Wash?
ington commander of the army, and
the secretary of war, carrying the
commission to him. found him in the
harvest Held. When Washington
learned the errand on which his vis?
itor had come, he said, "l am ready
for any service that l can give ntj
country."?Youths <Companion.
Wanted Mineral Land
White (lay kaolin, Fulh-rs Barth,
etc. Give description, location, p ?
terms, etc Address mining DE?
PARTMENT OP CITIZENS CO., 616
Stephen Glrard Ru tiding, Phlladel
! phia.
Important.
Winthrop is now prepared to en?
ter irore effectively during: the year
1917-18 into this field of Extension
Work. Two people, III*. Orvillc G.
Brim and Mrs. Hetty S. Browne, will
give practically their entire time to
the service of those who are now
teaching".
The following lines of work are to
he developed as rapidly MB conditions
will permit:
1. Study Centers. Gatherings of
six o- more who wish to take up
some definite line of study will be
visited bi-weekly or monthly by somo
member of the faculty for discussions
and conferences.
2. Correspondence work both for
the i urpose of obtaining credit here
and for professional or general im?
provement.
3. Co-operation with rural schools.
Mis. Iirownc has given up her work
with ihe Oak Ridge School to give her
time to the working out of jyorne ru?
ral problems in co-operation with a
number of schools near Kock Hill.
Any rural teacher in the State is in?
vited to write Mrs. Browne concern?
ing any topic of interest to them.
4. Professional talks and discus?
sions before county teachers" associa?
tions and other professional or com?
munity gatherings.
B, General lectures. Certain mem?
bers' are available for a more formal
type of lecture suitable for women's
clubs, rally days, graduations, etc.
A bulletin explaining more fully
this field of work and giving in detail
the help available will be issued
soon. This will be sent free upon re?
quest. We invite correspondence con?
cerning any of the lines of work
mentioned here.
Mrs. Dcwey He>igiis.
Washington, Sept. 30.?Mis. Geo.
Dewe/ tonight resigned as honorary
chairman of the comforts committee
Of the Xa\ y League. Iff*. I ?ewey is
president of the Woman's Naval Ser?
vice, which recently changed its
name from the woman's section of th~
Navy League because of the contro?
versy between Secretary Daniels and
the league.
Mbsouri seems to be anxious to
escape from the Stone age.?Ander
Non Mail.
No; Six-Sixty-Six
This is a prescription prepared especially
for CV ALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
Five ar six dotes will break any case, and
if taken then at ? tonic the Fever will not
retern. It acta on the liver better than
Calocicl and does cot gripe or ticken. 25e
1
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Einbaut?.
I rempt Attention to Oay and
Night Calls.
At I, ;. CRAtG Old Stand. N. Main.
Phones: BfA