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CD* t?lauijntan anb Scuttroi m stoooad U?i I I'I.Hsun vi.. Mr \v r. Alexander, of Allen. S C WM in the city toUny on hUSlntiSg Miss Julia Reynold*, who hu? been visitin? relatives in Boston, Mass . has returned home. Jit and Mrn Philip P. Gal I lard huvs returned from a trip to New tors and are with Mm W. H. Irgram on Hampton Avenue. Miss Margaret Bryan, who has been making her home In Co umbia for the past two years, has resigned her po? sition with the F.aitern District Exemption Hoard snd Is spending ?.Wh.? with her mothtr on North Main Htieet. Mr James M. Abrams, who has been smpdoyed by the Penn-Sumter Lumlwr Co.. has gotu to Washington to accept a position with the govern? ment Mr. Dsvy Tindal. of Clarendon county, was in the city today. Mr*. A. K. Davis of Charleston and Mrs. G J Davis of Atlanta are visit? ing Mrs. W. B. Burns. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Jennings of Orangeburg are In the city, the guests of Mr and Mm A. C. Phelpe. Ueuta Geo. D. Levy, Irvine Rich? ardson and Hoheit Jennings, of Camp Jacason are in the city for tho weddlrg of Mb* Lucll -> Phelps. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Weinberg, of Manning. Miss Pauline Gardner, of Havantwih and Miss Ann.? oats, of Henderoonvllle. are guests of Miss I.male Pbslps. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Phelpa, of Ueaderson. N. C . are visiting in the city. Miss Annie Oatss left this morning for her home In llendersonvllle, N. C Mis* Dorothy Phelps has returned to Greensboro. N. C . where she at? tends college. Lieuta Geo. D. bevy, Robt. Jen? nings snd Irvine Hirhardson return? ed to Camp Jackson last night. Mr and Mra Hugh Witherspoon of Mayenvillc. have been in the city at? tending the wedding of Miss Luclle Phslps. In Memoeiani Sere reu Moore. From The Daily Item, Due. 6. Mr. Screven Moore, one of the best known and loved cltiztiis of Sumter County, died at his residence in Char? leston. 8. C-. at two o'clock this morn? ing la the flfty-nlnth ysa* of his age. 4^ls death, was quite unexpected. Re was\ in Suaiter only a week or two 11 ago, arranging bis farming opera-11 ttonn on hin pUintatlon at Statebury. and wan in his usual health and spir? its. He wa* born at "The Oaks" at fttateburg. 8. C. snd with the ex csption of a few years spent in Fre donis. N. Y . with his father snd fam? ily he has lived all his life at State hur?. Us was a son of the late Dr MaUhaw 8. Moors and Miss Martha Muri ay of Stateburg, and he came of a family distinguished in the his? tory of South Carolina. By birth, education and environment, he was a gsntlsman. As a man, as husbi.nd and father, as friend, he stood as- ttv> v*r/ higheat typ*. He was generally tawed for the bigness of his heart and for his ready sympathies for the needs of hi* fellow men. It Is nu^h character* as Hereven Moore that make the world better and brighter. He married Miss Harriet Frances rincknoy. daughter of ths late Hen? ry I* Plnckney. Kaq . of Statebnrg. who predeceased him by about two years He 1? survived by the.fo'low ItiK brothers and sisters: Arthur Moore. Ksq.. und Dr. M Donald Moors of Fredonla, N. V.; 8 Murray Moore of Miami. Fla.. H. Hurt hill Moore. Two Harbors. Minn; Mrs. S.u.ib It. Kind. Stateburg. Mr*. W. H Hhelton Dunkirk N. Y His children sre: Dr Matthew S. Moore snd Minne* Saruh. Martha, and Rebecca Moore of Charleston; Mrs Frank Burses*. Manning; Dr. Henry P. Moore, surgeon. V, S. Medical He nerve Corps. Camp gsvlsf, Sereven Moore. 4!amp Sevler Greenville; Char Ill Moore. Philadelphia, and An liar ? r<i Uurchlll Moore. C isrleston. The fuperal services will be con ducted at the Church of the Holy Cross. Stateburg, at half past eleven I lock tomorrow morning. In mentioning the names of Sumter boys who received comminnlon from the lerond training camp at < ?gle Thon*, the name of F.d. win RgndU was omitted. Tint \\>\n due to the fact that he regWrtered from Virgin? ia so his name was not Included in the list from South Carolina. He was commissioned an captain <?f field \rtlllers. and will itloned at Csmp Jacknon. He and Robert Mc Ku\ were the youngi st r tpl tins to ri celve commissions. Thm American sjorernmenl may not believe in the policy of rSprs?M but the people of Am ol.a do Spartan burg Journal. STATE (MftNVKNTIOX MEWS IX KOCK HILL. lVc*mh nt Delivers Speech Frging Go ?pemttoii of Churches in Cominun it v Diilitlliu; Efforts. Kock HIH Dec. 3.?The South Car? olina Baptist State convention assem? bled in its U7th annual meeting here this evening. The day sessions are being held in the First Baptist Church while the evening sessions are held in the First Presbyterian Church. A larger delegation than was at first expected has arrived and the conven? tion bids fair to be one of the great meetings of the bodly. . After devotional exercises conducted h> the Kev. C M. Ughtfoot of Colum? bia. President T. T. Hyde called the convention to order. The order of business was presented by C. S .Al? derman and adopted. The session this evening was devoted to the prelim? inary exercises of the convention and consisted of an address by president in which he spoke of the part pastors and ohurehes may take in the work of community building. Addresses of welcome were deliver? ed by Dr. J. B. Johnson. Prof. J. P. Kinard. the Rev. F. W. Gregg and the Kev. J. Powell Tucker. The Rev. G w Quick of Greenville responded. Secretary W. T. DeNeux presented hlf report on State missions which showed total receipts amounting to $52.232 and out of debt. The education board's report Wai submitted by C. A. Jones, that on aged ministers' relief and mutual benefit association by C. C. Brown; Sunday schools and colportage by T. J. Watts; orphanage by G. B. Buell: Baptist Hospital by A. J. Bethea; ministerial education by J^ C. Keys; Furman University by E. M. Poteat; Greenville Woman's College by D. M. Ramsay, and Anderson College by J. E. White. Splendid reports were sub? mitted by these executive officers. Committees of reference were ap? pointed as follows: State missions, W M. Jones. J. W. Truluck, J. E. Frde man. M. J. Kyser and J. E. Bailey: ministerial education. G. W. Quick, O J. Frier. J. D. Hugglns. J. K. McKlt trick and W. K. Rabb; Sunday schoob ind colportage. G. E. Davis, E. II 1 Simpson. J. R. Smith, J. K. Hair and 1. B. Bozeman; aged ministers' relief r: P. Jones; M. W. Gordon. J. P. Isen tower. II. C. Dunn. C. C. Rid-jell: or ihanage, A. B. Kennedy. J. D. Chap nan. W. B. Sherwood. J. A. Brunson md G. C Epps; Baptist Hospital, W \ 2. Thayer. H. K. Williams, A. E. C , ^ittman. F T. Cox and W. S. Brooke; , 1 1 nutual benetit association, J .H. Bob , leridge. W. J. Wilder. H. G. White, J , I. Machen and J. R. Moore. i The convention will consider mis- | lions tomorrow. Wednesday afternoon the vlsitori , will attend a reception at Winthrop ' < College. Honor Holl Statcburg School. , First Grade?Julia Neyle, France Klchardson. Second Grade?Gillespie Boyd, Ju? lia R. Simons, Hope Williams. Third Grade??Fr?ser Neyle, Eh/.a beth Richardson. Fourth Grade?John Frank Wil Hams. Fifth Grade?Charles Poyd, Hen? ry Neyle. Sixth c;rad?? James Brown. Wil? liam Drown, Clarence Hair. Marguer ite Hair. Eighth Grade?Rosalie Neyls. Mrs. Percy Smith Entertains. ? >n Mondny evening Mr. and Mrs Percy Smith entertained informally at bridge In compliment to Dr. S. C ; Baker, who is at home on a short furlough from Camp Wheeler. Af? ter several Interesting rubbers, scored on cards bearing small U. H. flags, Dr Daker having the top score, won tlr gentleman's prize. .Mrs. Bilker re- ! celved the ladies' prize. During the evening delightful refreshment * were served. A bridge across the Santec at; Pinckney's landing near St. Paul will put Sumter within approximately seventy-five miles of Charleston, will materially shorten the distance to' Augusta and open up easy communi? cation with Orangeburg and Berkeley counties from which this section of the State has always been cut off. A bridge at any other point would be of far less service to Sumter and Clar? endon counties. Tin- Co inn Commissioners were wise in receding from their pre? vious decision to establish the Tu berenloefe camp on the Poor House farm. The location was unsuitable the surroundings undesirable and the plan to operate tin- Alms House and rantp under the same management Imprai t leanle rip- Red Crom seals win ?>c sold |fj|M year by the members of the liftl ami sixth giades. Hampton school Waich for 'those boyn and girl*, an< i i \. souls from them. GOVERNMENT COTTON GR?BER. ? Government Grnder Brooks will bo on Duty on Three Days a Week ? Thursday Friday and Saturday. The Sumter Chamber of Com? merce has beon notified and request? ed to publish the information that af? ter Saturday, December 8th, ihe t'nited Statea government expert cot? ton grader, O. T. lirooks will he In Sumter on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and in Columbia on Mon <hi\>, Tuesday and Wetlnesdays un til further notice. This becomes necessary owing to the scarcity of cotton graders and to the j further fact that the Columbia grade. J, Hi Higglnbotham lias to leave Co? lumbia for several weeks. The headquarters' of the Sumter I Tri-Cotton Farmers' Marketing Asso? ciation will remain open for six day* in the week with a cotton sampler on duty as heretofore who will take care of all cotton samples left with the as? sociation on the first three days of the week while Mr. Brooks is grading cot? ton in Columbia. Kvery farmer in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties who has not had his cotton sampled and graded had better rush same in during Decem? ber as it is uncertain whether the government can keep a grader In South Carolina much longer than Jan j usry 1st. Isl8, although efforts will be made to do so. About twelve thousand bales havo been sampled and graded by the Sum? te;* government grader since Septem? ber 7th, and the grader has given general satisfaction to the cotton sell ers nnd the local cotton buyers. Government cotton grading on this market is now an established and satisfactory system of handling cot? ton, and the local cotton buyers are cooperating with the United State1 government. The cotton growers, however, have not, as a general thing, supported the cotton association financially as they should have done. Insufficient fund are on hand to pay the expenses* o* the associations' affairs. Money it needed for store rent, samplers' sal j ary, janitor service, lights, fuel, etc , If sufficient money is not provided tin association will have to close this sea son's business sixty days sooner that was anticipated. BIG STILL CAPTURED. Rural Policemen Sitae Copper Still in Lower Manchester. Several years ago an illlct dis lillery was operated for a considerable Period in the lower part of Manches j ter township until revenue officer: ;ot behind it and arrested several met \ who were suspected of running it. Tin still itself was never found and tht men arrested were finally acquitted The man who was supposed to be tin owner and operator of the still elud ' ed arrest and was never brought tt trial, the case against him beim finally dropped from the docket 0 : the Federal court. For several months reports hava ? been current that a moonshine still! was again operating in the same sec tion of the county and there were suf flcent facts to warrant belief that tht reports' were well founded. The ru-1 ral policemen lately obtained infor matlon as to the location of the stil; and Tuesday they set out to find it In the searching party were Ttural PollOSmOB Alex Nort is, Sam New- : man. Hamilton Boykin and John Bradley, and Constables Geddings and Fox. They first went to the house of Damon Hohtnson, colored, who, the> had reason to believe, could pilot then, to the still. Robinson denied all knowledge of a still in his neighbor hood and claimed to be unable to giv* any information. The officers insist ed that he lead them to the still and made him aeeompnny them. He ler them ;i long roundabout journey for several hours, at first taking them in ; direction opposite to that in which I the still really was to be found. Hob-j inson finally found that the officer* j could not be thrown off the track ot j hoodwinked, so reluctantly conducted them to the still, which was well hid den deep in Dig Day. X?) one was found at the still, which had not been running for several days. Neither was any whiskey found, but there were fourteen barrels of beer?about six hundred gallons ? almost ready for a run. The still is the best and larg? est yet found in this county. It is a regular copper still of about fifteen gallons capacity and its appearance indicates that it has seen consider? able service. The still was seized and brOUghl lOl he city and the bee: poured 0U1 on the ground. As ther. wus no positive proof that RoblnsOn was guilty Of operating the still h was not arrested. Engagement Announced. Mr. William Jaekson vielding h nouncet ths engagement snd ip proachtng marriage of his dnuahte Lilllas Olivia, to Mr. Golther Plei son Dick, The weddlnH to lake plat ihe middle of I lerembe;?.Rlrmtu' hum, Ala., Age-Herald. Mt UDER AT BELL'S MILL. Daniel Rich Puts Three Revolver Bul? lets Through the Body of Eugene Cuntey. Without any unnecessary prelimi? naries Daniel Rich, colored, killed Eugene Cantey at Bell's Mill Satur? day night about 7 o'clock, firing three bullets from a large calibre re? volver into his body. One bullet pass? ed entirely through his chest from front to back, another passed through and lodged under the skin against the backbone and the third passed through the arm. According to the testimony at the inquest Rich accus? ed Cantey of having taken Rich's wife to Pinewood. which Cantey denied. Rich without further argument open? ed lire, killing Cantey almost instant? ly. The killing occurred at the house of Jim Wilson in the presence of sev? eral witnesses. Rich went home, told his wife of the killing and left, saying he was coming to town to give him? self up to the sheriff. He did not come to town that night, however, but the next morning he surrendered and was committed to jail. He will be held for trial at the next termofcourt. Murr led. Miss Olive Spann and Mr. Homer C. Carlisle were married on Friday afternoon. November 30th at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Norwood Spann, near this city. Mr. and Mrs Carlisle spent a few days at Macon, Ga., the Jormer home of the groom. Miss Mary M. Wilson .daughter of Mr. Geo. M.; Wdlson, of this city, and Mr. William Porter Johnson, of Little Rock, Ark., were married in Washing? ton, D. C, on Wednesday, November 28th. Maryland has a compulsory labor law. Every able-bodied individual not employed at useful labor must register for work, on pain of punish? ment for failure to do so. A number of gypsies were rounded up before a magistrate in Baltimore last week and although they claimed that sonu weeks they earned as much as $r,uu is horse dealers and coppersmith: , the men were fined $.r> each for not having registered .as idlers and l^ouis a. Mitchell.'their chief, was notified that all must leave the city imme Jately. An employed bootblack was lleo assigned to work on the roads m the ground that during war times t is the business of each individual o shine his or her own shoes. Rural Carrier Examination. The United States Civil Service! Commission has announced an exam? ination for the County of Sumter, S. C, to be held on January 12, 1918. Camden at 12 If., to 1111 position of rural carrier at Kembert, and vacan- : cics that may later occur on rural routes from other post otliees in the above mentioned county. The exam I ination will be open only to male cit? izens who are actually domiciled in the terltory of a post office in the county and who meet the other re qiltrementl set forth in Form No. 1!?7t. This form and application blanks may be obtained from the of Acm mentioned above or from the United States Civil Service Commis? sion at Washington, D. C. Applica? tions should be forwarded to the commission at Washington at the earliest practicable date. Wimi School Holl of Honor. Roy Baker. Carl Baker, Annie May Baker, Marius Cooper, Clement Marshall, Gertrude Jackson, Ora Jackson, Harriet Sims, Minnie Lou Sims, Jim Ed Sims, W. C. Sims, Elise Sims. Tf the four Rural Policemen suc? ceed in enforcing the law agains: excessive speed on the live hundred miles of public highway in the county, they will put it all over the police force of the city who have found It impossible to control the speed nianalcs who make the streets of the city unsafe for all classes of travel? ers. FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clemson college. A. A Strauss. Sumter, S. C. I Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer, Frompt Attention to Day and Night Calls. At 0. J. CfhVG Old Stand, H. Main. I IlOHto . Night 201 L8VER REGULATOR ReHoves Sick Grangor Liv? er Regulato? i3 purely veg? etable, Cjn taina no calo? mel or alcohol, and is a most efficient fami? ly medicine for liver and stomach ail? ments. Sold by druggists, 25c ? box. Refuse all substitutes. Deanaad Granger. Granger Medicine Co , C'aatlanoo^a, Tenn There ie reaeon to anticipate a greater rush In Christmas shopping than usual, and the necessity of shop? ping early is therefore greater than ever. At a meeting of ihe hoard of direc tois of the National Bank of Rumter .Monday afternoon Mr. W. J. Crowson, Jr.. cashier, was elected a member of the board. itcmmmttncttttmttmmttamattmnw 1 l We Grind Lenses, examine the eyes scientifically and fit eye? glasses perfectly. Let us work for you. 'We have all prescription! on file. Brokr i lenses replac? ed promptly. Graduate Opto? metrist and Oi tician in charge. W. A. Thompson, JEWELER & IPTOMETIIST. ggmmguttmnwegmroamacmnaa Suggestions For <tht%fmas Let us suggest that you shop early and that you shop here. Shop early and you get the best selections and better serv? ice, shop here and your men folks know that they are get? ting gifts of quality. Our name on a package is like "sterling" on silver?a guarantee of the best. The D. J. Chandler Clo Home of Hart Schafmer & Marx Clothes