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ffcr ?iLu in ii? ^ciitlnon. ?U MSB Ml i'UmiM, ? c . m evca at cum Matte*. 1 i>i uson \r. 1 Mr. T It Itnhlr*, Who ?? now Io rated at I'k Int.??ml. hid . has been In the Ott] for ?evvfal day*. Mr Isaac ? ?s b ?s f 'ui i. in a trip to Indianapolis. .Mr J K Itreedin. of Manning, w n la town today. w i n ?i? i i m ??? m Mr. J. \\. ?s? dusMi Gives Twentj < ortfn n. < b.iru > < ?r^aiilfljHtem Mr. Bar tow Walsh, who is chair man of tho Christmas Fund am. therefore the head of the charitable WoHt In Sumtor. announces that ho his received a donation of twenty cords of wood from Mr. J. W. JacU s??n for distribution among the poor o' the city where it will do the groat ? 1 ftoOd in relieving suffering. This WOCH ie on the Jackson place. Just be? yond the Poor House, and is ready to he haul* .I to ihe city. Mr. Walsh ap< peals to other charitably disposed peo pie. who ba\e teams t<? haul thi <l to town where it may he stored for distribution as needed. When r. il cold weather sets !n there will be urgent need for wood and if It is in t<?wn and quickly available much suf fering and distress among the de a i tute may he prevented. Those who have teams can do a good work h\ e.?? h hauling a few cords, ami those Inclined to remember the poor In this io inner should communicate with Mr W.,|?h. I h. <>|MMiing ot I be Public librae* T'te boo', ?i that ha' been ordered IOC the Cirnegte Public Library hav? ing arrived, it w.ih de hied at a joint Reeling of the City Council and tin Hoard of Education to base thf formal opening of the library on Oe eemher the third The Civic League was requested some time ngo to take trie necessary steps for th* opening o the library 'In u formal way and thefe arrangements will he made by tuest I; dies. In the meantime, the books will be en re fully catalogued, In order that on the very next day after the opening tb?- public may In? able to tike out books under the t egnlntfton* govern? ing Ihe library. I ?i .ii a I ntet-tainioonl ? >n Tuesda\ e ening. November -7 there will be a dramatic entertain? ment at the GlrhV High School, given by eome of the high school girls ami td * Those who recall the enjoy able patriotic evening given by the gills last year, will he pleased to see these young actors again. Th proceeds of the entertulnment will ge to nwell the funds of the Ji nlor or rrnrlxutlon oV the Red Cross, which has already accomplished some good wovk in several lines. Wftta-GalllonL Mise Mary Pitts and Mr. Phillip ?. (?aillard, both of this county, wen married at the home of Mr. Paul I Kennedy, the brides uncle, ?portal) imrif, at ? o'clock Wednesday even? ing. Nov. 21st. Father A. N. Murphy pel forming the ceremony. There were no attendants and only a few relatives and friends were presort After a whoit wed.ling trip to Was i ington and New Turk they will re turn to this oit) where they will Make their home. I a al I v 11' 111 > a i A Hiesige from MayesvlUS at 4 itU o'rloofc this afternoon stated that bli; fire wn? rasing in l.-nchburg and tbat the greater part of the bus!new section of the town wai in danger of Ucatrin tioa. The Pro is said to bo on the south side of the railroad track and that several stores bad already twen burned, among th. number that of w j McLeod, < *n+ way la help along the grow fowl campaign Is to repeal Ihe anil boK ordinance ai d p. rout tin* peo|ih bving In towns to raise I bog apiece Sentiment |u Sunder sc?.? a io !?? strongly in fa*or or p.- repeal of the ordinance.' if Ihe Hoard of lleatttl ?lid Coum II d?* not l ike ' ?ooi i a t o matter of their own Initiative, it nuti neeeaanry for Ihe i.pie to (lie petUIon to bring the ipu stlou to ul sswsa The sort ?,f *p k i? ? i hat re.pihe an sthdavii to >.?.a ( remedy seems to bo on the incre is. in Humtsf com I] end it it predleted Ihni the invalldi ??III centliitie to i;?,?w in number i.n til after the U<mal N.-.v Near res hu loom are mSih' Tb#? Humtor Roller Mllhi have: pur chased a new mill of I'm barrels ? as sggsssst] which win be lnotnP.ee1 ?\ January Im Mo BtOtter how touch wheat \n rasssd In gumtei county SjOJgl ear th<* Nasal cull will be ready to iuia it ull uue flour. Fini: today. Homo oi Mr. ,1. II. Wlnhurn Partial l> Destroyed. The residence of Mr. .1. II. Win-j bttW DU North Washington street was partially destroyed by tire about ??QfJ today, The house was badly Wreoktd SlthOUgh the tire department Unalrj sncceeded In getting the lire under control. The furniture wai ' ?in.i , i b) Bra and in removing II from the house. The origin of th lire bei not been d< termined. Mti.amin DtsewssM Hogs*. I am wilting another letter on J bogs, becauae if ire are going to doi anything now hi the time. in six months the yo'mg sows and shoats too small to kill will be slaughtered, li vei\ hatd to make people reali?? the Situation, I will undertake to set a faith elearly: I ? Production of foodstuff is th* : .?? neeeesity in tins world crisis th* man behind the gun Is useles without the man behind the plow. An IHtnle supply of food for ourselve.v ai d our allies will win the war. pe centra: a deAleney of food means * defeat, becauae a drawn battle Ii realty an overwhelming victory fo I lermaaj. 2nd, The method of productiot now In rogue must he supplemented. I hey cannot produce the necassar\ food. :rd European production has beet diminished by 33 1-3 per cent. owin. .?? able b.Odled men being in the arm. cd ihi shortage of fertilizer. We must export from this country, a ? ist 100 million bushels- of whed! B| mi: a h normal export of 1st? thai, lau million. lib. This COUntry is calling foi he bain nee of the registered men and I bill Ml i xpected to'pass congress for lo- registry of all men up to 35 and pei h ips n? years of age. This mean tin- diversion of millions of men fron productive labor to war. Ith. The high prices for meat, an the OOntinned necessity of shipping J the most concentrated foods broad ( i* already making great inroads upot our breeding stock. Are we going t I sit d.avu iu South Carolina and no j Stake a comprehensive effort to fore | ; .11 this condition7 The governmeu Is Satire in tin- cause of conservation j but httie of a preetiesj nature has j i sen accomplished in stimulating pro j iluction, especially In meat and fat!: , <? sjs) Wo must immediately tun , >ur efforts towards increased produc ; lion oi animal foods, or within on. I. on ngj a penalty, Mr. Joseph P lOtton of the United States Food Ad , ministration has just issued a valu ibis bulletin on hogs. He guaran j tees a minimum of $15.50 perhundre 1 , Og foot for hogs, and says that fo | - iau a next spring, they expect t inrnntee that the hogs will brln , i ?; times the average cost of th? cor. | or bunhel fed into the hogs." If that is prbporly but before th ii era, they will ftnd hogs us gooo or i>< tter propeettlon than :'.u cent cot ( ..a Mind you those are mlnimun ( not maximum piic s. Coin is too ex peiisi\,. to food alone. Experlmee ihowa that best results are obtaine from tnnhnge, oil cake meal, garbai and corn meal mixed* I spoke o keeping hogs in town, thit is entire 1 pi i :< ihle. To? have heard of the wonderful I ? suits of the Philo system of breeding chickens. only thrc M|nnre feet tO each chicken. Thev have adopted at the experiment sta Hons tlm s ine ide . with hogs. The ? ill it the Cafeteria system. The old time wasteful mothod of piling in i maket of corn to be trampled over ind hah of it lost, will not do in thesa days Ol high priced grain. They have kUtomntlc feed troughs and cleaners just thO) do in tue Philo system for chickens They are used by the thousands in Iowa. Ohio, Kansas and other hog raising states. Somebody must leaeh our people to do the same thine Bveri family with a little back ml at th.- mill village and In the Hies ought to hare two hogs to ni same the wa de, and supplement j that with scientific feeding. The Htnte should establish certain breed on the swamp lands like the Pee Dee and furnish pigs at cost, ino ' Shis to secure them, bogs all. it should not allow another v 111 be sidd to the butcher lntil his ri Ii ll Is over. John u McTAurin. Bennettsvltle, Nov. 22. M MTF.lt cottox MAKKJQT. p. .: how man, Cotton Buyer. Corrected deity at II n'eloog Noon ) Oood MeIdling II st 11.1 Y kddHag 30 1-4. Middling 2* US. fl 1 |el Iaiw Middling 37 3-4. Low Middling 11 Mi NivW YORK CPVfCM MARKfPr. Ugeni Mftgh i.?w Ctnei Oes1 Voe?<|?i? Ose . . IM1 ls\11 IM1 -s H .lan . . IS.II ILM fcl.l1 lt.ll 3M.4: Ifaff . . IT.fH SS.N 17.11 -8-1" WITHOUT hissKXTiNt; von; A MF, flic AN I-*K l> Kit ATIO N HI-]. AFFIRMS ITS CXKWFJtV DtC LOYALTY. Resolut i< u Relating to Organization Negro Labor Causes Fxtonded De? bate. Buffalo, X. Y.. Nov. 80.-7Without a dissenting vote llie American Federa? tion of Labor today reaffirmed Ita un swerving loyaltv to the country and a determination Id stand behind th< national administration until peace, comes. The pacifist element, which i \esterday mustered a small minority against President Gompers* attitude in supporrt of the wtir. was silent. The resolution containing the dec? laration was reported favorably by the resolutions committee. It WO* sweeping in scope. The course pur? sued by President Gompers in cull? ing il conference of the national and international officers at Washington an Matvh 1U was approved and all his subsequent actions and those of the executive council with reference to the war Were concurred in. The pacifists declared they were un? aware that the resolution was to come up today, They made no move for ti reconsideration, however, and it wa* pointed out that While their light yes? terday was based on a vote of conti deme In President Compere, today':* resolution called for a declaration on a clear-cut question of loyalty to th< country. Tills resolution, with others fron the committee on resolutions, occu? pied virtually the entire day. The only resolution that caused ex tended debate related to the organi zation of negro labor. It Wag sub mltted by Delegate Murphy of Sat ' Francisco, and embodied In its pre amble a resolution adopted by the In tcernational Negro League and pre seated to the San Francisco Labor Council for endorsement. The Negro League's resolution specifically refer j red to "Southern States" as scene of wrongs Inflicted upon the race. The resolutions committee report ; Ing to the convention, assumed no re | sponsibility for the statements in th< preamble of the Murphy resolution , and recommended reference to th< | executive council of only that part o it referring to organizations df the nc groes. (). IV Gorman, of Georgia, protest ??d against the reference tb the South ??rn States remaining in the rccor. ind moved as an amendment t< strike out the entire section. "The slaughter at Fast St. \*ou\ fame as a result of thefts by starvin negroes enticed away from the! Southern homes," Gorman said, lefy and delegate to point to a singb Instance of a negro being killed fo robbery in the South. I resent thi reference to the southern states. Th< treatment ot the negro in the Sout! is better than it has been In th North." Vloe President Duncan explains* 1 that the committee's recommendatloi explicitly disclaimed responsibility fb i the statements made in this part o* \ ihe resolution, but Gorman and othc Southern delegates insisted that thi- j( was not going far enough and de V manded thai the question before th I house was on the approval or di.sap proval of the report from the commit tee on resolutions, A motion to la the report on the table was lost an the debate was resumed. Finally tho report was amended b the resolutions committee to read: "Your committee cannot be respon sible for, and rejects the statements' contained In the preamble of the res olUtlon" and as so amended the re port was adopted. In his address on Russia, Vice Pres \ Ident Duncan expressed confidence Hnf the ultimate formation of a stabh and lasting republleatlon government j there Hog liaising in Town. Editor Of The Item: Dear sir: i am glad to see you have taken up the matter of raising hogs In the city. 1 wrote the mayoi ??ome time ago on this subject, but he was so mUOb opposed to rcscindlm: the old ordinance. that I said no more. Tile mistake Council made was In wording the ordinance. They should have forbidden any hog pens and al? lowed any one to raise hogs win would provide a lot of sufficient size for the hogs to run In, say at least .".?? foot by Tm feet or 2(0 square feel 1 for each hog, and rOQUlro the lot j raked over si least once a month and I i the droppings used?as fertiliser. YesJ v\e need the food, gnd my expei iem <? of P"> years in raising hogs is that if,, given a half chance he is the (dean ? st animal we have. And 1 never have heard of an> sickness from a hog |ol Yours truly, i I). James Wlnn. Bumter, s. Nov. it>. Letter postage is three cents now und they won't even sell you two Stump* for u nickel. - Anderson Mali ' Y.111. WAR FUND. OY HR FORTY-XIX K MILLION WOL? LAHS HA1SED. tYoodrow Wilson Telegraphs Heart? felt Congratulations to General Sec? retory John it. Mott. New York, Nov. 20.?The national war work council of the Y. If. C. A. announced here tonight thut the grand total of the nation-wide war fund campaign is $49,309,411. This exceeds by nearly $1 $.000,000 the $35,000,000 goal set at the beginning of the campaign on November It. President Wilson on being inform? ed that the fund was greatly oversub? scribed, telegraphed congratulations to Dr. John R. Mott, general secre? tary of the council. "Ify heartfelt congratulations on the remarkable and gratifying re? sults," the president's telegram read. "1 think it is national blessing." The Southeastern department with headquarters at Atlanta collected $1, 307,5S8. Its quota was $1,500,000. The Eastern department with head? quarters ip this city collected $20, 091,665. Its quota was fixed at $15, 400,000. The tola Is and the quotas foV the other departments are as follows: Central, Chicago, $18,3x0,733, quota $13,500,000. Northeastern, Boston, $0,308,925, quota, $5,000,000. Western, Han Francisco, $1,773,500. quota $1,250,000. Southwestern, Dallas. $ 1,387,000 quota $1,000,000. A. P. Whltford, national campaign director, announced that the final tig tires may exceed $5o,000. He con? gratulated the 30??,000 workers. Dr. Mott In his message to the president said it Is "the desire of our movement to strengthen your hands in every way in our power, in ren? dering a larger and better service to the enlisted men of our army and navy, and also the forces of the na? tions which have made common caus^ with us." Bumter County's share of the $35, 000,000 Y. If. C. A. War Fund has been ratted after an active campaign which came to an end last night. The county was asked to raise $4,900 ami this sum was raised by the various local Cdmttfttteei that have solicited contributions in this city and all sec? tions of the county during the past week. At the meeting of the Sumter committee last night. when reports wa re tabulated it was found that tin goal bad almost been reached. With tome committees still to make final re ports. It was decided to guarantee to raise the apparent deficit and to re? port to headquarters at once that Sumter county had agreed to give the full amount asked for. There is no doubt about the full $4,900 being raised, and it is the hope and expec? tation of the central committee to make Sumter's contribution to the Y. M. C. A. War Fund an even $5,00'J. A GREAT INDUSTRY. Sinnier Electrical Works Enters Pe? riod of Fxpansion. The Sumter Electrical Works, the local branch of the great Splitdorf Electrical Company, is at present in process of expansion and develop? ment so that the output may be very greatly increased. To accomplish this purpose the plant is being in? creased and modernized by the in? stallation of many thousands of dol lars worth of machinery, the rear rangemont of the plant and the re? organization of the shop force. The installation of new machinery is un? der way, but will not be completed for some weeks as the congested con? dition of all transportation lines has delayed the delivery of a great deal of the machinery that is in transit. The new organization of the shop force has been worked out and at a meeting of officers, department super? intendents and foremen last night the I program for promoting team work, ; efficiency and speeding up the manu -1 facturing process was explained and \ discussed. The organization of the working force is recognized to be of more importance than the equipment oil the plant and to make this organ- I itatfoh as perfect and efficient as pea j sible is the purpose of every man connected with the company. The next step will be the employ- j ment of a large number of new work - J men in all departments. The growth of the Sumter Electrical Works is just beginning and the number of employees will probably be doubled before the new year, if the men and women can be found to fill the planes open for them and do the work th: I Is here for them to do. Orders are piling up much faster than the finished product can be turned out by the present force, numbering abou*?. four hundred. Consequently new ma ' chihery is being put in and more workmen must be hired. The growth and prosperity of the Sumter Electrical Works means a great deal to Sumter, for it is %ho only real big manufacturing enterprise that this city has ever had and the possibilities of its growth are new un? limited. But there is an. obstacle in the w.r of rapid enlargement of the working force. The large number of men and women needed cannot be obtained In Sumter and If several hundred men and women are brought here froni other places, homes must be provided for them. Some of the new workmen will, of course, be men of family and will rent houses and make their own bonus, but the majority will be youm. men and young women who mus. have comfortable boarding places Bight now the works needs fifty or more young women to work in the winding department and the proble a of finding homes in the city for then. Is more difficult than finding Una young women. The people of Sumte can materially assist in making cer? tain the growth and prominence of the Electrical Works as a great loeai industry, with a | xy roll of thousands of dollars a weel:?an industry worth half a dozen e? ttoh mills to the town?by making! homes for the young women en ployees. The em? ployees of the works, both men and women, will he skilled workmen, drawing high waives and their earn? ings will grow larser as their skill in? creases, for the i lece work system of payment has b en adopted and a workman's comp nsation is limited only by his skill and productive ca? pacity. Tbc Sumter '.lectrical Works Is backed by unlir ited capital, and a great organization and its future growth, and, incidentally, the growth of Sumter as an industrial center, is limited only by the ability of the town to realize and utilise the opportunity that Is now presented. The people of Sumter are ended upon to furnish both workers and homes for workers. In order that the plant may grow an<l prosper. 'Marriage Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. l^eon C. Dove an? nounce the approaching marriage of their sister, Addle Pauline Dove, and Mr. Henry B .Pitts on Wednesday, November 28th. II. O. Harding ft Co. Bryon, ( a., April 11, 1917. Old Kentucky Jo fg. Co., Paducah, Ky. Gentlemen: I had cholera In my herd of hogs recently and begun feeding the B. A. Thomas' Hog Chol? era Cure and stopped losing my hogs at once. 1 wan losing from four to five each night until I began the use of this preparation. I raise about 200 head of hogs p* r year and never ex? pect to be with out your remedy. Yours very truly, H. D. Hardison & Co., O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C? Advt. Molicod Succeeds Baker. Columbia, Nov. 21.?Dr. F. H. Mc Leott of Floren* e was last night ap? pointed a member of the board of re? gents of the state Hospital for the In? sane to fill out tbSj unexpired term of Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter, resigned. Dr. Bilker was recently called into the service of the National Army and is now stationed at Camp Wheeler. Macon, Ga. Because of these duties with the army Dr. Baker submitted, his resignation o Gov. Manning. This SfOS accepted last night and Dr. Mc Laod was appointed his successor im? mediately. Dr. McLtod is president of the State M dieal Association and e operates a hosp.tal at Florence. -1_ Marf eting Hogs beats burying them. S^Mrve HuifffCr Mt. Pleasant, iowa. wntes: "Com? menced feedin?. my herd of about 100 hogs B. A Thomas' Hog Pow? der over two months ago. Fifty were sick and off feed. Nearby herds had cholera. I dl I not lose one?they are well and *; vowing fast." O'Donnell & Co., Sumter. S. C?? Advt. M SUITS and COATS We have just received a large shipment of both Suits and Coats. Some very nobby Suits in Black, Navy, Brown and Green. Coats in all the latest shades. Values up to our usual standard. FURS! f URS! Single or in Sets. For Child ren. Misses and Ladies. LADIES' LACED BOOTS Black. Brown. Tan, Grey and White. All sizes, B. C, and D width. new rwwc The O'Donnell Dry Goods Company