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&bt ??aUiiman anb jSoutbron. O. ss ?eeeaul dm huuter. PERSONAL. MJssss Irene Heekmnn. of Columbia aa4 Miss Margaret Marion, of Yoik. ate in th.> city in attendance on tno W?rlon-Br>an wedding .and are fleet* of Mies Louise Carson, ut 4 30 K Main St. Miss Hooamonde Dlxlon. of Cht* t*r. la in the city, and wl'l spend the feeUM holidays with her sister, Mr*. W. J. McKngrn sir. and Mia, H C. Cram, of Den? mark, sro In the city to spend ths hoMdsy* with their sister, Mrs. W J MsKagoa. Mm Harry Walsh nnd ' hlldren. of Florence, are spending the Xmas holtuays with Mr. and Mrs, Durtow Welsh Mrs. Horace Emmersor and chil? dren left this morning to spend the Xmes holidays with the family or Ml T. K. Sprunt. of Wilmington, N. C Mrs. J. R. Cothran has ri turned to her home in Florence alter visiting her sister, Mrs. 1* W. McI<eir.ore. Miss Caroline Richardscn and Meal ahnme Pinckney. are home from Win? throp College for Xmas. v Mr R o. DUon and family, of lUshopville. have movel la Sumter and ere living st 28 TllnnJIng St. Mies Sarsh Edmunds Is at home from Winthrop College fcr the holi? days. Copt. S. C. Baker. M. R. C, who is stationed at Camp Whetler. Maeon, . Is at home on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Rowe are spend? ing the holidays in Savannah. Oa . where th*y are visiting the latter'.< parents. Mr. and Mrs. I>ee Bostw ck left las; night for Atlanta and other Georgia points. They will visit the former'* parents while awsy. Mr. D. U Pierce leaves tonight for Richmond. Va.. and Buffalo, N. Y., v h ?re hS will spend the holidays. Mr. W II Woodson, United Stateu lumber Inspector le"t yettterday for h? home In Wilmington, M C. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Elmta*e left this n erhlng for Spsrtanburg t.nd Gaffney where they will spend the holidays with relatives. Mr. J. W. Weathers, of ths Coast Artillery. Fort CuswhII, N. C, is in ths efty todsy on a visit to his fath? er. [Me Luclle Brunson. of Winthrop '"oiiege, ;if heme for the Christ? mas holidays. Miss Thelma Pert er,-of Florence, is spending the holidays with Miss Luclls Prunson. Lisuts. Pringle Brunson and Wil? liam Purdy of Camp Jackson arrived in the city this morning. Can*. Joe. Chandler, of Camp Jack? son Is in the city. Rev John D. atltsspte of Ring gold, Oa., Is visiting his aunt, Mrs ftoee Jenkins. Lieut. Irving Richardson, of Camp Jackson was in town today. Death, From The Dally Item. Dec. 22. Mrs. Marguerite Croner Mose, wire or Mr L Clifton Muse, died at 1.3* o'clock today at the home of her father. Dr. George B. Cromer, of Nswberry. ft C . after less than two days Illness. The funeral services I will he held In Newberry tomorrow. Sunday, afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. Mols? left here only a few days ago to spend the Christmas holiday with her rather and at the time she left home was apparently in as good health as usual She became 111 yesterday morning and f'ont the first her condition was desperate and lit? tle hope was entertained of her re? covery Mr Mols? left here In an automobile as soon as he was ap? prised of her Illness and d -ove through to Newberry. arriving there early last night. The njws of Mrs. Molse'a death t?>da\ was a yreat shock to her many friends, fow of whom had learned of her Illness, prjor to the announcement of her death. Yfre. Moiss. who was the eldest daughter of Dr. George B Cromer. of New berry, came to Sumter to teach In the graded schools soon altar gradusting from college and taught here con tinuously until her marriage. ^Bhe had a wide circle of friends In Sumter und her untimely death brings grief to many. 11 um In? Vauuhn. Miss Nome lluggnli gad Mr S D, Vsughn were united I marriage at the Salem P.ipt ist Chut eh parsonage on December _'0th at s o'clock P. M Rev. JC. W. Reynolds ofllclatlnif. The wedding ? uniumy was s gate! affair, being witnessed only by a few immediate frtsnds of the oeatraet tag partle* ' "Mr. asd Mrs V aughn are both res? idents of Sumter and will continue to make this city their place of resi? dence .Mas/ their matrimonial sea j nr. smooth for this couple of seafarers. THE POOR or si'MTER. N lu? They Are, Where They Come From ami Why Tlicy Need Charit.\ ?Reply u> Mr. J. Durgan Osteon's l'n>y input he tic Communication. F.dltor Daily Item. If Mr. J. Dargan Ostoon will ap? ply to the proper authorities he will be furnished with the history of ev? ery family who receives help. Two thirds of these people come from the country, they belong on the farms and should have remained there. Why did they leave'.' Because of in? efficiency in one wav or other?good farmers will not bear with them or encourage them to help thcmscU Ssj by teaching them to work land properly. So they come to town and enter fac? tories of which there arc too few and receive the small wages that un? skilled laborers in any brunch of work receive. Practically all of these people work, yet their income is not suffi? cient for the necessities of life. it a man of Mr. Osteen's circumstance feels the pinch of present prices how much more would a small sal? aried man feel it? Wo only appealed to prosperous broad minded farmers, who count it a privilege to divide with his less fortunate brother, be he city or coun? try dweller, and when Mr. Osteen leads the published list next Satur? day he will see there are many men of this type in Sumtcr county. We would indeed be ashamed to accept a gift that worked a hardship on the giver; our appeal was not to this class of people. Wo were not aware of tho sad shortage of crops; indeed we thought that if any one was prosperous it was the big farmer. We still think so, judging by the amount of pro? duce we have gratefully received. If Ignorance, shiftlcssness and sick neAs were banished from the world poverty would soon follow, then there would be no need for the greatest of virtues, generosity and kindliness. Our Saviour said: ' The poor ye have always with you" and no Solo? mon has arisen wise enough to solve the problem of poverty. General Chairman Christmas Cheer Committee. A colored minister of the Baptist hurch, in order to strengthen and onflrm the faith of his congrega lon, took as the text of his discourse he first verse of the third chapter of Matthew: In those days came John he Baptist, preaching In tho wilder teas of Juda." "Oh," said he. "how 1 like to read heso precious words in the blessed llble! You don't read anywhere about lohn the Presbyterian, or John the Methodist, or John the Episcopalian. Vo. brethren, It Is John the Baptist." ? Punch. Bible Will Help Sell Goods. In an article called "The Book That das Helped Me Most," which Is print? ed In tho December American Mag izlne, tho writer says: " 'But. more than that, it's the createst course in direct, forceful Eng Ish in the world. If you want to earn to write a better sales letter; if you think that a good English style would help you in gefting out your advertising. I commend you to it Take the great masters of forceful English right down the line?Addison, Steele. Burke, Franklin. Webster, Lincoln?Biblical quotations drip from ihem llko dew from the trees. Frank? lin taught himself to write by hard personal application; the marks of the Bible are everywhere apparent in his style. Even If I didn't believe a word that is written inside these cov? ers I would still give my boy the best kind of a Bible education; it would mean money in his pocket, Freddy; he would live to bless me for It. As a drill In simple, direct, powerful An? glo-Saxon, the kind of language that we use In advertising and in modern business, there never has been, and never will be. a book to equal this."' Wilson English Again. Tho president is as powerful a Phrase-builder as the great Burke himself. Take these sentences from his message to congress yesterday: "1 seen men hero and there fling them solves In Impotent disloyalty against ihi culm, indomitable power of the nation." I bOM men debate peac. who understand neither Its nature nor the way in which we may attain It Will uplifted eyes and unbroken spirits"- The State. The Canadian troops don't ask what Is their share of the lighting. Tin Just wade in whenever they gel a chance.?Floi Ida Time -! num. The German government knew e what it was doing when it gave Le nlne fr?c pa sago through Germany Ig retrograd after the revolution Prom tin* Berlin standpoint he 1ms made good.- New York World. Bartow Walsh, Their John. MOMi: DEMONSTRATION WORK. Opposition to Disconttiuinm*' Of In? tension Work in stumor County, A number Of City and rural men, farmers and other bUslneSS men, dis? cussed the question of the refusal oi the bounty commissioner! to make an appropriation for the support of the canning and tomato clubs, woman's horns demonstration clubs, and home demonstration agents at Bumter Chamber of commerce yesterday. Some of the ladles of the county and City have been conferred with also about this mater by Chamber of Commerce Offlclali, ami members from both city and country districts. Mis Kdlth Purrott, State Home Demon? stration agent .spent two days here regarding this matter. A decided protest will be made from different sections of this coun? ty against the stand of the county supervisor and board of commission? ers when the commissioners meet on ?January 1st. II is apparent that the commissioners have struck a very unpopular wave of public sentiment in epposition to their determination to .?111 the home demonstration work in the rural schools, and public senti? ment, judging from expressions of pinion from city and country Is bit larly opposed to the action of the ounty commissioners. FORD OAR STOLEN. Mr. A. J. Aid's Touring Car Taken Last Night. Pram The Daily Item, Dec. 22. Sometime last night Mr. A. J. Aid's ^ord touring car whs stolen from ins premises on ilarvin street and the 'hief made a clean get away, as no 'race of the car or clue that will lead 0 the capture of the thief have been ound today. Mr. Ard was awakened bout 2 o'clock this morning by his og barking, but heard no other >.oise in the yard, so did not go out to nvestigate. This morning he found hat the car was gone. The car was 1 1914 model, license number 84 71 Jail lot tlie Speedsters. The Baltimore American suggests ail sentences for those who violati ho laws as to reckless driving oi utomobiles. The suggestion is a ood one and ought to he adopted verywhere. Speeding, reckless driv .ng, is a crime In that it endangers the ifety of others. It is a needless rime in that there is no necessity lor it. Tho reckless driver is not im? pelled by hunger or need, nor is ho iriven to commit his crime In "sud len heat and passion," as the law ometlmes palliates homicide. It is just sheer wanton deviltry. It is a orm of sport which displays utter disregard for the feelings or the safe ly of others. Occasional lines do Id? le or no good. A few jail sentence-! i would put a stop to what everybody ? cknowledges is a most dangerous practice.?Anderson Mall. Camp Commanders Transferred. Washington, Dec. 22.?Orders pub-i tishod today transferring of Major Genera! Charles 11. Bailey to com umd at Camp Jackson. Columbia, '.en. French going to Camp Wheel? er, Macon, and Maj. Gen. Clarence P. Townsley to the command of Camp Hevier, Greenville, relieving Gen. Morrison. Bendy For Haiti. "I trust, Miss Tappft," said the! kindly em] loyer to his stenographer, ?hat yo i have something tn reserve for a rainy day." "Yea til " answered *h? young nv? nan 1 am going to marry a man named Mackintosh."?Christian Re? gister. Up to Grandpa, a shopkeeper recently lent bin' grandson enough money to purchase; a motorcycle. The money was to be j paid back in installments, the ma? chine to remain the property of the grandfather until the last payment had been made. One day while out rldlag the boy met his grandfather and Jumped off his motoreyele. "Say. grandfather," said ths boy, ' who does this machine belong to?" "It belongs to me until you have made the lasl payment. That was the agreement, you know. Hut why do you ask?" ' Well, I just wanted to make sure," remarked the body with a gin. "Your motorcycle needs a new tire." Motor Age. Then There Was Another. Once a gentleman who had mar? ried his cook was fixing a dinner I grty, and between the courses the gOOd lady sat with her hands spread the tablecloth, Suddenly the be/./ of oonvsrsatloi Ceased and in tie- silence that follow? ed a young man on the right of hi host, h said, pleasantly: "Awful pause!" Yes. tiny may be." mid the old time cook, with heightened color "and nun's would he like ' them 1 you had done half toy work." Brooklyn Kugle. THE MILITARY COMPANY. Committees Appointed to Enroll Mem ben and Make other Arrange? ments. From The Daily item, Dee. 22. it is apparent that Bumter will have a military company, if the effort! of the Bumter Light Infantry Aesocla tlon prevail. Owing to the fad thai C01. Henry T. Thompson receive.1 a telegram last night just before the meeting was called to order, telling of the death of his borther, Col. Hugh S. Thompson, In New York city, ho could not address the meet? ing at Bumter Chamber of Commerce lo discuss the organization of a home guard to be a unit of the Third South Carolina regiment to be organ IsOd to do duty in the Slate during the war. The matter was. however, discuss? ed and committees appointed to sign up members of the Bumter company. ? ud to take the matter of getting uni? forms, guns, armory, etc. for the I'umter company. Col. Thompson will be in Sumter again In a few days to discuss plans of organization with the Sumter men nd boys who wish to join. Some war Grammar. Fays General Pershlng: "Germany in be beaten. Germany must be heaten. Germany will be beaten." it ill be Hue when the general's con? jugation of the passive of to beat pro eeds from the potential mood to Germany is about to be beaten," and Germany is being beaten."?Greens* I oro News . Sex I'ntits Woman for War. "We have just read, an article in which the position is, taken that sc-; nflts women for war. The Writer joe* on to argue the case at length Hing why she is unlit on account ol teg for the hardships incident to amp life and the cruelties of the bat 'elleld and prison life. We do not thlllk that any argument is necessary o convince one that woman is totally ;nfit. in every way for war. This i lt' evident. It is a great pity thai ot a few of the manly women \vh are' cavorting over the country with he demand that women take the lace of men in positions that they are acapacitated to fill could not seethe!. ilstake.?Greenwood Journal. An Inducement. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) ' So Washington has gone dry .'' "Yes." "Ami what does your husband do ow? Keeps a bottle at home, I pre* imp?" "Exactly. And it brings him hom< romptly, 1 must say." Well! A party of traveling men in a Chi ago hotel were one day boasting o: .he business done by their respective Urms, when one of the drummers said: "No house in the country. I am i roud to say, has more men and wo? men pushing its line of goods that. mine." "What do you sell?" he was asked ' Baby carriages" said the drummei as he fled from the room.?Boston transcript. A Trade Barometer. Beul estate in Charlotte, as in cv ry Other town in the country, was I'rst to feel the effects of the war. and to say that ' the bottom dropped <>ut" of the market is but to state 'lie case correctly. As real estate is he bist to respond to adverse condi? tions it,lS also the last to rally. When it can be said of any community that Its real estate has "come back," it i to say that such community has com pletely recovered from whatevei < ause it was that produced the de? pression. From the number of sales "f city property reported in Sunday's observer as having been of record the preceding week there can be no doubt about the fOCt that real estate has again become normal in this city. Having reached the normal stage It 1< reasonable to suppose that it will foi 1 )\v custom and advance steadily to the point it reached when the war gave it the knock-out blow.?Char? lotte Observer. Py the way Russia's leading p? triots Issue proclamations we Judfl that there's still sonn- vodka ??n tap over there. ? Knowille Sentinel. It takes no little courage for a man to net up in court ami call himself a "physiological chemist."?Blrmlng hn m Age i lera Id, The annihilation of Austro-Germnn man-power is about tho only was to lo it. That will end the war. if noth? ing else. -Spartanburg Herald. Of course. If there is such a thine tifl an utter Impossibility, it must be ?? nutless day during war times. Wilmington Star. CONSERVATION OFFICER NAM? ED. Lieutenant Straus* Will Have Task of Eliminating Waste at t amp Jack ton. Second Lieut. L. i. Strauss, Quar? termaster Corps. National Army, has been appointed conservation officer at Camp Jackson. This is an ofllcs re? cently create.i by tim war department in the effort to prevent waste, it is Mie duty of the conservation oillccr to superintend all repairs of cloth? ing, equipage and so forth; to see that waste material of all kinds ic properly disposed of; to secure the cooperation of all concerned to pre? vent waste of every description at the cantonment; to see that waste materials of all classes that are not due a contractor by the terms of his contract, and which have a saleable value, are stored for safe keeping pending instructions- from headquar tera This feature of the administra? tion of the quartermaster's depart? ment at Camp Jackson is in direct line with the nation-wide effort to eliminate waste. (.citing Together. i By Abble Farwell Brown of The Vigilantes.) How tine and lit they look, our boys as they march away! Whit broad Shoulders, straight backs- and shilling ?yes! We are proud of them, er< n't we? Well, it has done something for ?hem already, hasn't it*' It '..sut' . holly had, this war that so many deprecated and that wo all long to see rightly ended. If we could but get the same result without the actual ar. Perhaps we can, now we know how! See what a few months- of training has done for the lads-. Already it has made husky men of a lot of round shouldered slack-kneed boys wtit ?.night not otherwise have found them" selves. For the first time many of hem have "roughed it" wholesome? ly, city boys have had enough exer? cise out doors. Country boys have go1 concentration and companionship In ( tmp. Look at their eager, alert faces: oys ol* foreign birth and tradition ? newly-made Americans?sons of ol ? olonlal'Stock, North and South, r/ch and poor, educated and unschooled -all dedicated to one glorious cause. learning comradeship and nationals hich make all brothers under one ag. Whatever happens It won't b til waste time, money, strength, tUf ? ring, waste lives, even?if w<> learn what the nation so sorely needed ? getting together;" and how to at tain it?by universal service. It's like this; when you're well you prepare to conserve health* by soap nd commonsense. So n time of peace e must conserve peace by prepared? ness. With the awful example before us (here's not much danger that any free nation will hereafter chOOSS to be a military machine. Militarism in a loathsome symptom of diseai -. rut sane preparedness Is like vacclna on. It inoculates against war an 1 ?edition. A wisely-defended State i 10 more militaristic than an athlete 'n training is a hypo, bondrlac. II ikes good care of himself for an : mergency, that's all. Just as the i est health-insurance is a disciplined ?apple body, so the best pcace-insur :mce is a trained, disciplined body or \oung men, devoted to the State, lit t,. enjoy their own manhood and pay th best citizenship. if the next generation gets togeth? er in this common bond, the?-e will be no splitting up into racial cliques and foreign disaffectlona No more hy phene. No more colonies of unaasim Hated aliens, each speaking his- own tongue, reading the Fatherland pa? pers, ignorant of American ideals and American claims. No! Americans II. singing the Anthem in English, brothers In arms trained under th American flag, serving naturally as ?art of the debt one and all owe for ;he privilege of citizenship. That Will make for peace wit bout and within ! adflsts take notice! That will make for unity? progadanlsts beware! And social Btrength- socialists observe! That will make youth more efficient life more worth living, cltlsenship more valued by everyone. Ills Money Burned. During the past week a negro who had sold his cotton at a high price had his home completely destroyed by Ire, and among the things burned was his trunk In which he had hidden over $200 in cash, if lire should de? stroy your home tonight wh it would be your loss? Don't keep much cash around. Put it in some bank, where !t will be safe from lire and robbers Union Progress. The suggestion thai we .should hav< Chinese farm labor to build up th waste places In this country has- been considered very seriously by som< thoughtful persons. Those who hav? ? been Investigating av ert that then is Quite a distinction lt*tvrecn cooll ' labor an i the honest Chlneee labor. I Columbia Record, REFUSAL NOT CONFIRMED. Rejection off Russian Peace MMi 1. i>orte<l. London. Dec. 21.?It has* been Im? possible thus far to confirm the unof >? lal report fro a the Petrograd cor? respond* nt of the Exchange Tele I raph Com pan; that the Germans e have rejected tl a peace terms of the Russians, but \\ long distance mes ??-<? from the Russian semi-official news agency reveals that the Rolshe yiki realised ho a- far apart were \heir ideas fron those of the Ger? mans. The dispatch is an appeal to the Boclalists of the central powers lo bring their influence to bear on their rulers. It s;.ys that the So? cialists In all countries must under? stand that "between the peace pro? gram of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates and the peasants' delegates ; nd that of the German capitalists, landowners anii .military generalis, there are irrecOl Cilable contradictions, it those two programs alone brought is face to face, peace would be im possible becaus the Russian people has not dethroj ed the monarchy and he bourgeolse of their own country only to bow dawn before the nion chy and the bourgeoise of another country. "PegOS only ?an draw near when the strong and decided will of the ?. orkers of Germany and her allies makes itself heard." Man lagc Announcement. Mr. and Mis .1 A. Warren an ounce the m triage of their sister, Lola Drown, to Mr. Alva J. Pringle, to take place Wednesday. December List of New Members. In its reach for 2,500 new members he Bumter Chapter of the Led Croys Is daily adding names to its roll. The Dally Item will publish these names from day to day until all joining have been PUbllshet . Will your name be In this honor, ble roll? Previously 1 -alii shod G9. a Iditional members arc It. T. Holliday. A M. Brogdon. .lack D. Efarby. Miss Lucia Roach. Miss Erne Rose. Mis. Robert Sanders. Miss Mary A. Scale. Miss Pearl Beale. Major w. Shelley. W, H. Shelley. John Scarborough. Mrs. John Scarborough. Miss Gertrude Schwartz. IS. [a Benny. Mi-s Jennie E. Harris. Miss Annett* Strother. ULI.LS I Oil SALE?liming discon? tinued the ..( livery of rbrick, we offer two pair seasoned mules for sale cheap. A':-o two horso^vagons. Sumter Brick Works. "V 1VE HAVE?Positions open that, af? ford splendid opportunities for hro motion. Se oral young or midftye atrc whits on u with sufficient educa? tion to read and write plainly aqd with dispah h. Must be energetic, loyal, ambitious and willing to work. D. W. Alder:.ian Sj Sons Co., Alcolu, S. C. COR SALE?I . O. D. cars. Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little Straw. Car load lots only. Chemi? cal and rer ilizer value rated very high by Cb mson college. A. A. Strauss, Bumter, s. c. [AX RETURNS NOTICE FOR 1918 I will attend in person or by deputy ;t the followi/ig named places and on i lie dates given, for the purpose of rec? eiving tax returns for the fiscal year 'beginning January 1st, iyi8. Re? ams of Real Cstate, Personal Prop erty, Polls. Roads and Dogs should be made. The ofilce will be open to re ? t Ive returns from January 1st to ? .binary 20th TlndalS, Tuesday, Jan. S. Privateer. Wednesday, Jan. 0. Levl Siding Thursday. Jan. 10. Wedgefleld, Friday, Jan. 11. Claremont, Tuesday, Jan. II?. Hagood, Wednesday, Jun. lfi. Remberts, 'i hursday, Jan. 17. 1 ?alSClt. Fr: lay. Jan. 18. Brogdon, Tuesday, Jan. 22. MayesvillO, Wednesday, Jan. 23. OswegO, Thursday. Jan. 24. Pleasant Gj rrO, Tuesday. Jan. 2 >. Bhlloh, Wednesday, Jan. so. Norwood Cross Roads. Thursday, Jan. St. v R B. WILDER. County Auditor. i Geo. If. Hurst, U Tide taker and Embatoer, Pr- ir>pt Attention to Day and Night Calls. At P. 1 CKAIC Old Stand. N. Main. Oav 63* I iMDCh . NtyhtiOt