Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IX, aa famos*) Claas Matter PKRSOXAL. fjr*. c. J. Lemmon and w ?: Mills have returned from .\>w York. Mlsae* Marion an.l Rmmi PholpS have returned to then Imme in Char? leston after visiting friends in the city rtos T P Cothran, of Greenville, was In the city today on ousiness. ^Mrs. T. w. Pridgeon. little Elisa? beth and Master Woodr.iff Pridgeon. ?^f \*ew Berlin, are si> nding a few dsfys with Mrs. Ix>uls Darr. Mrs. Louis DgJTf || gOOSCllng a few days In Florence with Mrs. O. S. Kills and Mrs. Henry Houston, nee Miss Ituby Kills. ,W. A. Bowman. Jr.. Joe 8. Bur? gess. It C DuBose. J. M. Keels. R. C. tswls. Robert K. Leek, Isadore <>z bclt. L. 8. Proctor. J. B. Richard J <> Sanders. Jr., have gone to Csmp JaekMOn. br. A C Bsskln. of Blahopville, was In the city today on business. Mr. Ralph Flowers is at home for the holidays from Davidson College. Mrs II. E. Drebenstedt, of Salem. Ohio? is in the city to spend the Xmas hoffdsys with her parents, Mr and Mrs f* ' Haynsworth. Mr I \f Harrison, of Tabor. N C. Is visiting Mr W M Hraslel. Jr. Mr. W. M. Braslel, Jr. of Furman University Is spending sometime In U?s ot> Miss Mary Kllen Keys, formerly of Snmter. but now of Florence, spent Sunday In the city with elatlves. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Bruner, of Florence, spent yesterday with rela? tives in town. Deaths. Kllen Iseman. the little eighteen months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. O. Moses, died Sunday morning af tar only a few hour* Illness. The fur era! services were held from the res? idence on North Washington street at 11 JO this morning and the intet ment was at the Jewish Cemetery. Mr. R. E. DuRant. Jr.. died Satur? day afternoon, after several months Illness. The funeral services wei>* held Sunday afternoon and the in? terment was at the cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife and two children. Mr. Thomas X. Shi re r died Frldey night after a long Illness, aged 65 years. The funeral eerv.cee were held Saturday afternon. "Mr M. Ansby Brunson died at the Tourney rfospital Friday after several waess' Illness of pneumonia, aged 21 years. The funeral aer\ieeH were held Saturday at the Urunson family bury? ing gtound In Concord township. The deceased wss a son of Mr. J. E fwunson an 1 was a young man of tint character a id generally esteemed. Bed Cross Notke. Will the lady who left a muffler at Red Cross headquarters yesterday. ? without a name on the package, kind? ly notify me. so that 1 can credit her with It ' There were two steel needles in the ball of wool in the package. Annie Purdy. Secretary. , The draft registrants who have not enlisted in the ami] Off ffSSVj will now their chances under the selective draft regulations. Like <Mt\ Times. A fine drove of hogs passed through Westminster one day last wee! <?n< of the hogs was weaving a bell. It looked like old times to see I drove of swine -Tugnloo Tribune. OPPOSED TO ritlMAKY. County l>? iikh i atic Executive Com? mittee Dee ( Tlwil It Is Riad vl?e Me to It?>l?I Primary. Fiom the l)aily Item. Dec. 1."?. Tin- County Democratic Executive t ommlttoo ii tl today at the oall 01 Count] i hi rtnau J 'i Clifton tooon sidcr the OUSStlon Of holding a pri? mary i<? nominalt candidates for the 11ovi.s?? of Repfuaentatlvea to AH the vacancies ? ?ased by tiu resignation 04 Repreeentatlvai landers ami Ifo* Cutehen, The mattet was fully die? cussed ami It hrlng tlm unanimous opinion that in existing olrcumstancci i? is inexpedient and unnecessary to hold ? primary, on motion of Mr. O'Qotnn, seconded by Mr. Tlndal. >i H olutiva was adopted to the effect thai ? primary be not ordered and That the fli . i?on of |!iS successors of Representatives Sanders and Mc Cutchen be referred to the genera' election to 00 ordered hy the Speaker of the Ho i. e when the General A.v >.. ;iihiy oouvenee in January, _, Death. ?a the Pally Item, Dec. lft, Shortly after midnight Mrs. B, \V Moise died, after an illness extending over the past ten days. With the ?h ath of Mrs. Moise passed a woman highly esteemed among the people o. Sumter. where she bai lived for more than half a centui>, and with her passdig was severed one more link 1 that connects the Sumter village o tho sixties with the city of today. Mrs. Moise was the widow of Ed win W. Moise. who was known as one of the silver tOngUOd orators of the State of formet days, and who was adjutant gad inspector general of th* State, being elected when Wad( Hampton was elected governor of ? South Carolina in 1STf,. Mrs. Moise was Miss Esther Lyon, being born | in Petersburg, Va.. March IS, 1H37. j In her eighteenth year she was mar ried to Oeu, Moise. then of Charles? ton, but shortly after the marriage they moved to | Columbus, Ga., when they lived during the War Hetween the States. In the Confederate Arm) Oen. Moise rendered distinguishec service. After the war they moved t( Sumter. where, for a long time, Oen Moise was one of the leading mem? bers of the bar. Two children predeceased Mrs Moise: Agnes, who died as an infant end Major Marion Moise who died l few years ago. Surviving are, Mr.> Rebecca M. Davis, of New York City Mrs. Carrie M. Cohen of Charleston Mrs. Oeorge M. Davis of San Fran? cisco. Charles Moise, Esq.. of N >U York city, Mrs>. Agnes M. Bogin o Sumter. Edwin W. Moise, of New York, Albert L Moise. BSQ. of Phil? adelphia, and Mrs. Nina M. Solomon and Mrs. Jessie M. Merrimon. and L Clifton Motso. all of Sumter. The funeral will be from the War ren street home at S.IQ o'clock Sun? day afternoon. Marriage Announcement. Mrs. Thomas Teaekle 1'pshur an neuntes the approaching marriage Q her daughter, Florence Irving, to Mr. John Ashby Dick on December 27. Iii? at Nassawadox. Va. No cards Marriott? Announcement. Invitations have been issued to tin marriage of Miss Minnie Williamson of t'oiumida and Lieut, Charles VYal tet Purker on December Ifth. at Co? lumbia; but owing to a ( hange In th* date of Lieut. Pnicer's furlough the dgte of the mg|| is gl has been ad? vanced to December 17th. The bride to lio is a nice of Mrs. Archie Chin., .and has been a frOCjttOnl visitor in ' Sumter. _ The school children have two week and one day holiday for Christmas. Si MTF.lt MAN SAVED. - > Roben Si Wlhgntc Rescued Artcr Ac . icon \\ as Torpedoed by Submarine on November 2."?. Washington, Doc. 14.?Seamen John Thomas Moron and Chester Theodore Berry of the naval guard on the American iteamer Acteon, tor ! ? doed and krank, November died Crom exposure, and two others, Gun* nor* s Mate Leonard Richard Kabke end Seaman Howard Sprague Platt still are unaccounted for, the navy de? partment announced tonight. Sixteen men of the armed guard were saved und all of the civilian creu except two, John Fltggerald and b seaman named Downey, who died In Open boats from exposure and thirst. Berry also died In O ?mall boa: from the sann? causes, while Morar, succumbed in a Spanish hospital. News of his death was cabled the de? partment today by the American na vai attache at Madrid, 1 erry'i mother lives in Rochester N. Y.J Moran'l aunt. Margaret Mor an. in Providence; KnbUe's father, a* jwinneconne, Wis., and Platt s fathei in East Boston, Mass. The men of the armed guard saved ii.eluded Robert J. Widgate, seaman. Snmter. S. C. Twenty members of the civilian crew were rescued soon after the ship went dowti and now are hound fOl the United States, hut live were un at count* d for. They >*ot away in an open boat and readied Spain Decem? ber ?i, but Fitzgerald died before th< boat made land. The four saved were J. Murphy, llrst assistant engineer; H MoGilroy, cadet; Thomas Carforo sailor, and James Crowley, third 000k MORE RECRUITS TAKEN. Secretary Baker Issued Special Order Today. Washington. _ Lee. 15.?Secretary Paker today came to the relief of th thousands of men who volunteered to regular army but have been rejected because of the breakdown of the re cruiting machinery, by ordering thai all Qualified applicants who present Sd themselves by noon today shouli be accepted, even though the exami? nations and other details could no be accomplished until later. Married. Mr. A. Thomas Williams and Ml 8? Loll Weathers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Weathers, were married at 4 P. M. Thursday afternoon, Dc cember 18th, at the home of lh< bride's parents on Hast Calhoun St Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on th< evening train for several days' stay i: Georgia. Snmter County Ootton Crop. The census crop reporting) buroat rr ports that cotton ginned In Sumte: county prior to December I, 1917, to? talled 14,193 against 22,870 bales t< December i, lvlC. Married. Mi-s Juanltn Phillips, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. George R, Phillips, o No. 10 Bast Bartlett street, and Mr. Isaac Saver Blmore, also of this cits w<re married at 7.:??? o'clock Th?rs day evening at the parsonage Ol Grace Baptist church, Rev. John A Rrunson, D. D.. officiating. The mar ringe was p very quiet affair, only th< Immediate families of the contrnctiir parties being present. The happ> young couple will be at home t< their friends on Oakland Avenue, thi 1 city. j i Petrograd, Priday, Dee. 14.?it It reported *hat Charles P. Smith, of St i.ouis, a member of the staff of Jobr P Stevens, bend of the American rail way commission to Russia, has beei 1 arrested. g , (TEL CRISIS ACUTE. t ' Heat With Wood or Close Schools ?Fuel Administrator Vrgcs Coal Conservation. Anderson. Doc. 11.?Characteris? ing the coal condition through South Carolina as "being most acute, with only lair chanct % of securing relief until after the Christmai holidays." D. E. Gossett, State fuel administra lor. today called upon all colleges, schools and other institutions of learn? ing, where wood can not be Substitut < <. for coal, to suspend during holidays for a period not less than two weeks. Ol' longer if practicable. He also call? ed upon the churches of the towns I and cities, heated by coal, to hold united service s? for the present. This action is taken by the adming 'Istrator for the purpose of conserving i the present small supply of coal, and I to bridge over the holidays until ship? ments of coal for South Carolina polms fan l?e secured. He points out that very few shipments of coal can be expected from the mines during I the holiday season ami says that it i l imperative? in order to meet con dltlons squarely that every pound of coal he conserved ami distributed properly among the people to prevent suffering. Several weeks ago. realizing thai ^coal conditions in the State were bad 'and that they were going to become more acute. Mr. < Jossen sounded warning, suggesting the substitution I Of wood for coal as far as possible. Many communities heeded this warn? ing hy laying in supplies of wood suf? ficiently large enough to tide thell people through the extremely cold weather. Other communities, how? ever, did not heed the warning am! Imany of these communities have de lluged the feel administration wit. urgent requests for immediate ship , ments of coal. Mr. Gossett has requested tele? graphic reports from city fuel com missions on the supply of Coal OH I hand and on the road and estimate) I oil coal needed during the holiday !><? rlod. Ho wants this information i' hand hy Saturday noon. On Sunda; he leaves for Washington to confei with Dr. Gar field, the national fuel administrator, on Monday, hoping t< secure shipments of coal for South Carolina points at once. Mr. Gossett states that lie can not too strongly emphasise the fact that the present shortage is- not confined ti this State, but that it |S uationw ;<".< and that the people must adjust them? selves to the fact that America is en gaged In a great war, which will necessitate some sacrifices on thoi< part, not the least of which is tin matter of curtailing the use of coal, tic laid great stress on the fact th.i. j' is the patriotic duty of every loyal South Carolinian to assist his country !:? this way and that no one bus th< right to expect to go through this win ter without suffering some discotn forts and inconveniences. Unlike many other State: . South Carolina has an abundant supply of wood avail able. Therefore, it is not only a ne? cessity hut the duty of the people t substitute the use of wood for coal in every way possible. FIGHTING IN Ht Ssl V llosshevlkl Claim to Have Defeated Death Battalion. ' Petrograd. Thursday, Do.-. 13. Bolshevlkl forces have defeated ; "death battalion" near Blelgord. where they were lighting with Gen Kornlloff. Gen, Kaledlnes forces art are centered in the Orenburg district where Gen. Dutoff has- a targe fore, of Cossacks, tlure is little fighting I' is reported that Kaluga has heei taken by Bolshevlkl, after th.? defeat of a counter revoluntlonary "deatl battalion." NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY. I Charleston, Dee. 12.?a large at? tendance marked the organisation o. ila- first Congressional District Branch of the Somh Carolins branch of the i National Woman's Party, held in Charleston, this week. The election of officers resulted as follows: Miss Susan Pringle Prost, chairman; Mrs. Edward Mclver, lirsl vice chairman; .Miss Marie Baker, second rice chair? man; Mrs. A. Johnston Buist, record? ing secretary; Mrs. Rachel Whaley Ffanckel, corresponding secretary; Aliss Marianne Paul, treasurer. The first business transacted' wai the sending of a telegram to Presi? dent Wilson, and a letter to Congress man Whaley advising? them of th< formation of this district branch oi the National Woman's Party, ami urging their support of the Susan B Anthony amendment enfranchising j women. Miss Pros! after taking th? chhld, .said: "1 am proud that we as a Pirst Congressional Dlstricht branch of the South Carolina branch of tin National Woman's Party, will be abh to lend our moral support to ihos< courageous Washington women win have kept the clear vision of suffrage I throughout, and have worked with singleness of purpose for the passag? Of the federal amendment enf ranch's ing all American women. It is a priv? ilege to he Identified with them, and to call ourselves members df thi South Carolina branch of the Nation a I Woman's Party." The new organisation Is under tin State branch of the National Woman'. Party, which is wcrking for the x?as f"iKc of the Federal Suffrage amend nnnt. The matteq will then he re f< i red to thoStates for ratification am legislation be <>n its way, each Statt being free 10 make its own votin?. Qualifications, on men and womer alike. , The National Woman's Party is ai organisation of over "O.noo member) with branches in every State in tin Union. The officers of the Sotztl Carolina branch are: Mrs-, w. P Vaughan of Greenville, state chair man; Mrs. .r. p.. Poster and Miss Nin. Ottolengul of Charleston, vice chair? men; Mrs. Fletcher Jordan, of Green ville, secretary; .Miss Marie Nimshal of Greenville, treasurer; .Miss c. T Pollitzer, Charleston, chairman suf fragist circulation; Miss Anita I* Pol lltser, Charleston, press chairman Mise s. p. Frost, Charleston, legists tlve chairman; Mrs. R, Dewar P. n ot Charleston, Membership chairman There are no dues for membership All interested should cojiimunicat* with Mrs. Dewar Bacot, 111 Went Worth St.. Charleston, S. C ! Senator Borah, of Idaho, who i considered by many as the prognosti cator <>:' the senate, has predicted tin passage of the woman suffrage amend men! at this- session of congress. Tin National Woman's Party is now con centratlng its efforts lor a final drive ?? 1 1 ? " 1 .?' A GOOD AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE? . I am offering my automobile fo> sale, it Is a Cole "<v* seven pas senger. in perfect running condition It is an excellent car for a lnrg? family. My only reason for Bellini I is I want to buy a closed car. Neil < >'l>onnell. WE RAVE -Positions open thai af ford splendid opportunities for pro motion. Several young or mlddh ag.- while men with sufficient edUCS lion to read and write plainly am with dispatch. Must be energetic loyal, ambitious and willing to work D. w. Alderman Sons Co., AJcolu s. c. ecu SALE?F. o. B. cars, Ca mi Jackson, stable nutnun ; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi cal and Pertlliser value rated verj high by Clemson college. A. A Strauss, Suniter. S. C. je 6 300 AB riC? ? 360 M.LUS1 RATIONS BETTS THAN WER Yosrfy 8uk? nription $?.50 Send fc. o ? r new free cat' c.'cj" c#c mc-zhanical books ?Popular rViec ?innres Magazine a North Wiehl:; an ?V/onuo, Chicago Mr. Photos* Appeal Appreciates], Bditor Daily Item. Pleass allow nc spaee to express nr.- appreciation and thanks to Mr. A. C Phelps, chairman of the County Council of Defense, for his splendid endorsement of my appeal to the wo in? n <<f Sumter county, as shown by his article in list evening's Item. What a pity that we haven't more men or the type ?,/ Mr. Phelpa. if we had we would have 5,000 Red Cross memners In Bumtyr county instead of 1,500. Kelll O'DonnelL Tobacco at present prices Is more profitable than cotton?if the farmer knows how to grow and cure tobacco. Tobacco curing is not a diificult pro cess and every farm should plant a few aces of tobacco SO a quick mon? ey crop. aw*irr.umn n ?111 n i i ihhbihii ?upma TAX RETUBNS NOTICE F0B191I 1 will attend In person or by deputy at the following named places and on the dates given, for the purpose of re < > Iving tax returns fOr the fiscal yeuv beginning January dst, 11)18. Re tums of Real Estate, Personal Prop? erty, Polls. Heads and Dogs should be made. The ofr e will be open to re? ceive returns irons January 1st to .February ZOth Tindalg, Tue-lay, Jan. 8. Privateer. YY dnesday, Jan. 0. Lev! Biding, Thursday! Jan. io. Wedgefleld, rrfd.iy.Oan. Ill Claremont, Taesday, Jan. 15. Hagood, IVedneoday, Jan. |g. Rembcrts, Thursday, Jan. 17. DaiSell, Friday, Jan. 18. Drogdon, Tuesday', Jan. 22. Mayeeville, SVednesday, Jan. 23. Oswego, Thursday, Jan. 24. Pleasant Grove, Tuesday. Jan. 2$. Rhlloh, Wednesday, Jan. SO. Norwood Cross Roads, Thursday, Jan. 31. R. E. WILDER, County Auditor. r Geo. K. Hurst, jfoOrt I tat isj Esjawr. Prompt Attention to 0a* and Night Calls. At 0. ) OR A a, Old >tand. S. Vain. PI tones: NigVtioi Will There Be a VICTROLA In Your Home For Xmas ? You want to have just that secure, decided feeling when you buy a Victrola for Xmas or any other time. You are not likely to have a complete conviction that yu are buying the right instrument for your home until you have seen and heard the Victor Machine. Whatever price that you feel ready to pay, you will find in the Victrola line a model of such substantial value that you will have to i rw il n place of consideration. When you want to buy, come and see us, and and do not make a mistake, as we have calls every day stating. Ml have iou *ht the wrong machine. I cannot get the records I want, my machine makes such a terrible noise, my records scratch and do not give me satisfaction." All the world knows, and you should have known before you bought, that Victor leads the world in music. Ali the famous artists are with Victor, their re? cords stand in a class alone and even do not consider any others' competition in this line. This store is open every night till ten o'clock. Pay One Dollar and we send machine to your home. All machines sold for casli or ioi tallment. $15,000.00 Machines and Records in Slock, also 10,000 Records to Select From THE HOUSE THAT MAKES SUMTER. MUSICAL 26 North Main Street