Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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&\)t ?diaUgmafl ;m? ?out|)ron ******fm% m Htm tNma<soos a* ?mmimm, e CL. awgSJrsgnd Oase Matte*. JW^?-Uiiii^y^gp? lJL Li ??? PERSONAL, 0r. Charle? KerrUon. of Vnrnville. vho has been the guest of Mrs. M Nelson for several days, has ra-j ttfrhed home. Mr. D Ft. McCallum leaves tonight for Itlchrnond Va. to bring Mrs, Mc CallUm home She hsn been very alck i the Elisabeth Hospital for seven WeelCs. Her many friends are da lighted to have her back home again.1 Mr Creed Taylor and Mr. W. C-] tvtrnbtsh. expert accountants with Alonso Richardson A Co.. of Atlanta. Oa.. are in the Crty on business. Mra. Oeo. ft. Morrison and chil? dren, of Columbia, are visiting rela? tives In the elty Lieut W R fhuckey, of Camp . ackaon. (s on a short visit to his relative* x Rev. J S Darner. Jr.. of MuTlins. ?pent bist night In the city. \tr and Mrs Wright and Miss Sophie Wright, who havs been visit leg Mr. and Mra Joseph M. Chan? dler, have returned to Atlanta. Mian May Antley, of Cameron. ef*ht Sunday night In the city with Mra C. W. McOrew. on her way to Winthrop College, where she has ac c? >ced a position, In the clerical de pa t meet *r W M Foleom left last night feg the Northern markst to buy his ephng and Mummer merchandise. Tr end Mm. A- O. Saekmann havs returned hom? from their wedding trip to New Tork and New Jersey, ano wfll be at horns to their friends at *h* Imperial Hotel mit. W. P. Treakle. of Baltimore. Md . is viettlng his sister. Mrs. It. P. Joy*, on Ca Id well St Mra. J. M. MeColloch. of Hender emville, N. C. ie visiting her son. Mr. Lewis MeColloch oh Cafhoun St. Mrs. Robert Treat Hubbard and lit? tle daughter. Gladys, who have been ttsiting Mra. Hubbard's parents. Mr. dtia lira. C. M. Hurst, have returned te Savannah Miss Eileen Hurst left for Savannah this morning to visit her sister, Mrs. tt T Hubbard. Mr AKs Solomons has received his h Appointment for the Naval Academy at Annapolis through Congressman i Larar and has gene to study for his I entrance examination. Mr R. J. Hurkett of the Carol!ni Machinery Co. left last night lor I !?ew York adhere he Will attsnd the i tutdmlbile show. i Married ?Mra Rosa B. Bethsa announces the marrle-re of her dsughter Ines, to Mr Adelf Heorge Sack mann en Sunday, the llrd of December. Fayettevllle, N. C At lern? after January 2nd. Im? perial Hotel. Sumter. S. C Heihea-Sackmann Faysttevtlle Newa. The many friends of Miss Ines Re* thoa will learn with surprise of her marriage to Mr Adolf George H?ck? mann on Sunday December 2rd, 19It at Hay Street M. C. Church. The bride hss been the guest of Mrs. C. W Crist for ths past week Mr. Sack mann came to Fayettevllle Saturday night on his way North and persuad? ed Miss Rethea to hasten their mar? riage urvl go home with him for the holidays Mis* Rethea ban visited In Kej ett*vllle quite often nnd has made manv fronds through her charming peteonellty. who wish her muoh hap? piness She la the daughter of Mrs Roea K Rethen of Sumtfr, S. C. Mr Berk mann |s originally from Newark. N. J.. but Is now a business man of r \ b. re they will make their home on their return Mr an? Mrs A. C Sackmann, o' :mter f? C . will. leave New York ?borrow after spending the holidays StUm home of the former's brother rl c riuckraann of US Mth i4t. Mr end Mrs Kerkmann were mar? ried In Samter earlv In December and tbe vhrlt here was'part of their wed? ding trip. Mr. Safkmonn fofmarly resided bUre and it r->nnrrt?d *t the present lime with the s?tnttr works of the Spittdorf Fleetr c.?l Company of this city. A number of social affairs were Arranged In horor of the bride dur? ing bar visit here by the Misses Mil? dred Mnffat Helen Keiper, and Rath erlne Wyekoff Mr. and Mrs Harkmnnn were also guests of honor at a theatre party. Chu. Chin chow. New York flty ? fevenlng News. Newark. N. J. Married Mr. Oeor.!* Lesley, of Sumter. S C. and Miss Pearl Kittrell. of Nor wav. 0. C . were married fit VVd inston. N. C, September U, bv Rev. Mr Whita of the Methodist Church. Mc mm prodxcf. routks. Tbc I establishment of Motor Rentes for the Transportation of l*roduce and hi-1m Ret ween the Towns and rnrins. The following letter from Congress? man Lever to Postmaster Dick, ex? plains a new feature in the postal ser? vice that Mr. Lever is endeavoring to have the department establish, and which would he of decided advantage to both town and country: Dr. George W. Dick, Sumter, S, C. My l>ear Dr. Dick. The postofflce department Is establishing a number! of motor produce routes connecting the more important commercial citlos of 'the country, as for example Co? lumbia, and Augusta. Columbia and Charleston, etc. The purpose of these produce routes la to rurnish primarily quick and cheap transportation, of parcels from the farm to the city, and from the city back to the farm, and second? arily us far as possible to help re? lieve the transportation congestion which is gripping the country and almost paralysing it. Already we have assurances of the establishment of a number of these trunk line Youtes. as thoy may be called, for the Stale. I believe they will perform i. useful function and prove a genuine ?service to'the people, but I have Urged upon the department anothei kind of route In connection with the!} own proposal' which will serve tht purpose which they have in view anC at the same time serve another mos important purpose; namely, the utill satlbn of farm waste. Those of u: who ere familiar with rural condt tlons know that around every farrr there is much small waste In tht way Of fruits, vegetables, poultry eggs, otc, which In the aggregatt makes a tremendous amount, which can be saved to the consuming publit if cheap and handy transportation were available. My own idea is t< establish a few experimental circuitout produce routes?that Is routes that begin at a point in the morning ant return to It in the afternoon am traversing a section of the country thickly populated which is without convenient railroad facilities. Ir other words, I would put In a rura' route, except it would >e a product route, and would handle package* from the farm home into the cltj und from the city to tht farm home Such a route should1 be from 75 tc too miles long, and should have a least In the beginning two moto. bucks operating on It, going in op? posite directions and meeting at some convenient midway point tt make exchanges of parcels whert necessary. I havo finally convinced Genera Plakslee of the possibility of such i plan, and he was kind enough to sa: that the suggestion was the best on* that had come to his attention, I ad vocated this in my Winthrop speed some four years ago when I was dls cussing the economic needs of tho ru ral women. I have been looking over a maj of my district and carefully consider Ing a route that I think might mee the situation, and I figure out twe that I think would do It One with Columbia as an initial point, going by way of Lexington, Hdmund. North Orangeburg. St. Matthews and re turn, and the other with Sumter ar an Initial point going by way oi Herlot. Hmlthville. possibly^ to Luck now, to Rlshopville, to St. Charles Lynehburg. Shlloh and from Shlloh the straight route into Sumter, mak ing Rlshopville the exchange point (ft course I know you hnve a good road from Sumter to Rlshopville, bul T am not familiar with roads that gc by Smlthvllle and from frmlthvllle tc Lucknow and Rlshopville. I knov. there Is no question about the road: from Rlshopville and on the balanc* of the route. I hope I have made myself plain at to what I am driving.at. This motor truck will weigh about a ton anc* a-half. and should be able to trave from about 8 to II miles an hour, anc1 it will therefore require a little bit better thart the ordinary road. t pon receipt of this letter I wont you to take it u0 wtth our friend tfeardon and write me fully what you ttilnk qf It. and if you have any Suggestions in the way of a bettei route, get them to me as quickly n^ possible, because I want to strike while the 11 on Is hot. Your route should not be less than 76 miles nor more than 12* miles, and you will un? derstand that you have two carriers who operate in opposite directions. 1 think I have evolved a plnn here which in the end will mean three things First, help in solving the transportation problem. Second, BaVf in a large measure farm waste and make it available to eltv consumers Third, add srreater stlninhis to the good roads movement, for If these longer routes prove SUCJQlSSfttl ovet good roads, it will mean ultimateh short routes where the roads are Knod. >(f,d when the necessity for bet? ter roods is made evident, the people will build them. I have sent a copy of this letter to Munton McCutchen, and I suggest that you call him in consultation in working out the route. With best wishes to you all, Your friend, A. F. Lover. MOTOR TRUCK SERVICE. Chamber of Commerce and Farm Demonstration Agent* Will Coop crate. Secretary Reardon, of the Chamber of Commerce has written Congress? man Lever that the proposed plan of motor truck service for disposing of farm produce will meet with hearty cooperation of tho Sumter commer? cial organization which will cooper? ate with Postmaster George W. Dick, and tho United States government in every possible way to get the farm era Interested to give this service a i fair try out. Farm Demonstrator J. Frank Wil? liams will also give it his experienced md expert cooperation in every pos? sible way. Misses Mary Lemmon and Annie Keels, the two home demon? stration agents have promised to do everything in their power with their home demonstration, tomato and can ling club women and girls, and their poultry clubs to have the motor truck icrvlco patronized, provided of course mr Hoard of County Commissioners md legislative delegation do not abol? ish the office of home demonstra? tion agents and the numerous com? munity clubs at the meeting of thr County Commissioners. Right here is where the home demonstration agents would come in cry nicely In explaining the objects >f cooperative marketing and how to out up farm produce of many kinds nich as eggs, butter, canned and pre lerYtd goods, etc. for marketing hrough tho motor truck service. With no leaders or trained offlcinb o inspire the hundreds of women and rlrls to conserve and market sur? plus farm produce the interest In extraordinary production and conser? vation of foods will naturally die out. What Is everybody's business is gen ?rally nobody's business. The farm and home demonstration igents and theXhamber of Commerce ire the chief agencies for organization ind dissemination of all kinds of use? ful cooperative agricultural, home economic, and commercial coopera tlon, and the taking away of the two lome demonstration agents will take iway two of the strongest links in a 'haln of cooperation that has ac? complished wonders for this city and county, and the work has just started ind will be needed more than ever \* the war progresses. WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO EAT LESS SUGAR. Before the war. France, Italy, and Belgium raised all their own sugar. Great Brit? ain bought sugar from Ger? many. Now France. Italy, and Belgium cannot raise much sugar because their men are fighting, and Groat Britain cannot buy sugar where* she used to buy It. All must now get sugar where wo get it, and there Is not enough to go around unless wo save. V How You Con Help. Cut down on candy and sweet drinks. Eat half as much sweets as before and you are s'lll eating more than tho Englishman or Frenchman or Italian or Belgian gets. Use honey, maplo syrup, corn syrup, and sorghum In? stead of sugar. Serve cake without frost? ing or icing. \ ICat plenty of fruit Civic League Meeting. A meeting of the Civic league w;u' held Friday afternoon by request to hear the needs of the Sumter Elec trlcal Works as presented by Mr V'snDeventer. In an earnest talk h old of the demand for magnetoes fo: use In aeroplanes and of the Impos ubllity to supply the demand on ac? count of scarcity of workers; also h/ spoke of lhb difficulty met with In procuring suitable lodging for those ?omlng here to work. The members of the League wer -o Impressed with his talk that sev etal volunteered to begin work then the next day; while all present prom ised to interest themselves in trying to get the unoccupied young girls of the town to take positions there. A eommlttee wus appointed to look Into th? question of finding board for workers from out of town. Anyone ntereeted in this latter question is asked to communicate with one of the Committee, Mrs. Perry Moses. .Tr Mrs Douglas China, MrS. Boykin. <? Missr Nina Solomons. All the women and glfle In Sumtei who sre interested In conditions at the Magneto works nie asked U meet with the Chamber of Commerc at 4 F. M. Monday afternoon to dls cuss the need of more workers at th tarntet (electrica! works. -jprj BIZZARD RAGING IN NORTHWEST Heaviest January Snow Fall in His? tory of Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 7.?The blizzard which has been sweeping Chicago and adjacent territory for the last twenty four hours is continuing today. The snow fall in Chicago since Sunday morning has been more than a foot. The gale is piling it in drifts five to ten feet deep, tying up traffic in all directions. It is siid to be the heaviest January snowfall in the his? tory of Chicago. MOMENTOUS MEETINGS IN GER? MANY. Conflicting Reports as to German Po? litical Conditions. Amsterdam, Jan. 7.?There was a more calm feeling in parliamentary circles on Sunday afternoon, accord? ing to The Tageblatt, and the relch stag majority parties intend to firmly support the government. On the oth? er hand the Socialists held meeting* Sunday which The Vorwaerts calls "perhaps the most momentous" since August, 1914. SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT CONSTI? TUTIONAL. Government Has Power to Compel Citizens to Render Military Service. Washington, Jan. 7.?The selective Service act was upheld, as constitu? tional, by the Supreme Court in an opinion today in the draft cases. The government contention that power given by congress to declare war also includes power to compel citizens tc render military service, both at home and abroad was sustained by the court. Chief Justice White delivered the unanimous opinion. ANTI-TRUST CASES POSTPONED. Case Against the Shoe Machinery Company to Be Heard Now. Washington, Jan. 7.?On govern? ment motion the United States Su preme Court today postponed for fur ther consideration several important trust and anti-trust suits, except th< case against the Shoe Machinery Com pany which will go forward. SUMTER COTTON MARKET, P. O. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon Good Middling 30 3-4. Strict Middling 30 1-2. Middling 30 1-4. Strict Low Middling 29 3-4. Low Middling 29. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Open High Lifljri (cio? \Wc"n Jan.. . 31.43 31.65 31.43 31 05 31.4. Mch . . 31.06 31.16 30.90 31.16 30.9f May . . 80.73 30.83 30.63 30J8 30.6: July . . 30.42 30.54 30.35 80.54 30.30 Child Burned to Death. From The Daily Item, Jan. 4. A little three-year-old son of Mr M. S. Jo8ey, Wright street, was 8( severely burned early this morninp that he died soon after reaching thr hospital, where he was taken fo: treatment as quickly as possible. Mrs Tosey's hands woro painfully burned In extinguishing the flames. Death. John Iff., Jr., the two-year-old sor it Mr. and Mrs. John M. Harwick die( at 1 o'clock this morning after an ill? ness of only a few hours. Notice. Ry order of the County Board Oi Education, preceding the special ex ? mination of colored teachers Jan uary 19th, there will be an Institut held January 16, 17, and 18th at the rounty demonstration rooms, 220 F .Salem avenue, Sumter, for the bene lit of the colored teachers of Sumtei county. All attending will not hav? to make up the time. L. Bragg Anthony, M. D., Supervisor of Colored Schools Amng those designated from Camp Sevler for the officers' training camp are William Reynolds and J. G. Din kir.s. Mr. Reynolds is a son of Mark Reynold* of this city. After being graduated from Sewanee, he was tak? ing a law course at the University of South Carolina when he joined the Charleston Light Dragoons to go on the border. He has been with the troops ever since. Mr. Dinkins was a member of the Manning bar when he left his practice to join the ranks of the Sumter Light Infantry. He went to Camp Sevier with that company in the summer. Rivers und Harbors Hill to be Report" ed to Congress. Washington, Jan 7. The passage of the omnibus rivers and harbors bill at tins session of congress was assur? ed today when Chairman Small, of the Rivers ;md Harbors committee, an? nounced that the committee would report the measure appropriating b.robably twenty million. STRONG ENDORSEMENT FOR HOME I)EMON STRATION WORK. Resolutions Adopted I naiilmoiisly by Representative Men of The County. The Bumter County Council of De? fense met this morning in the Cham? ber of Commerce room and the ses? sion was attended by a largo number of representative men and women from all over the county, the attend? ance being so large that many per? sons were unable to obtain seats. Among the ladies present were about twenty-five who represented the va? rious home demonstration units of the county, and all took a lively interest in the proceedings. Miss Lemmon, Home Demonstra? tion Agent, made a talk, and others discussed the importance of tho work to our county, especially at this time. Mr. H. D. Tindal offered the fol? lowing resolutions, which were sec? onded by Mr. Neill O'Donnell, and adopted by the unanimous vote of the Council: Whereas it has been brought to the attention of the Sumter Council of Defense that the Sumter County Board of Commissioners have re? quested the legislative delegation not to include in the county supply bill for the fiscal year 1918 an appropria? tion of fifteen hundred dollars for the continuance of the home demonstra? tion work in Sumter county during the year 1918, and the matter having been carefully and fully considered by the County Council of Defense in regular meeting assembled January 7th, 1918; , / Be it Resolved: That it is the sense of this body that the Home Demonstration work as carried on in Sumter County has been of tho great? est practical benefit to a large num? ber of taxpayers and other citizens j \nd should be continued, especially as this country is at war and it is essen tig] that every possible means should be made use of to instruct and aid ill our people to conserve and utilize ill food resources, and that the Home Demonstration Agents are necessary for the proper carrying on of this department of work. Resolved: That our County Board it Commissioners be respectfully pe? titioned and urged to reconsider their iction in requesting the withdrawal )f support from the Home Demon? stration work, and that they do rec? ommend to the legislative delegation '.he appropriation of Fifteen Hun Ired Dollars to supplement the funds ippropriated by the Federal govern? ment for this work in Sumter county Resolved: That a committee con? sisting of five ladies and five men bo ?ppointed to appear before the meet ng of the County Board of Com? missioners at their meetin,? on Tues lny, January 8th, and present the foregoing petition of the County Council of Defense. Resolved: That the county legis ative delegation be and are hereby requested to include in the county mpply bill of 1918 an appropriation it Fifteen Hundred dollars for the support and continuance of the Home Demonstration work in this county during the year 1918. i Other matters of importance were taken up but owing to tho lateness of the hour of adjournment, a full ac? count cannot bo published until to? morrow. Making Your Life Worth While. To increase your earning capacity, you must be an energetic live speci? men of humankind. You should be throbbing with surplus power. You mould possess a degree of strength that will give you contidonco and murago and endurance. Then you can go on day after da> idding to your skill and knowledge ind power in your profession. And when you have climbed to the highest point in one sphere of endeavor, you ail] be ready to look around for oth? er work and continue to experience he delights that come only with the daily struggle, required for tho at? tainment of the objects one has In view. Do not forget the value of sys? tematic effort. Do not waste your energies. Intelligent direction is all important. Torce, to be of value must be applied at the proper place Effort, to be productive of reward must be directed by superior intelli? gence. Therefore, learn your defects and apply tho proper remedy. Physical defects should come first, for when the machine is out of order, one can? not possibly do good work. Then study yourself as to character. Sys? tematize your brain work as you have your physical work. .Make every ef? fort count for advancement. When you have done ibis you will find it extremely easy to increase your earn InR powers. Year by year you will find yourself progressing, becoming P more competent factor in your par ticular sphere.?Bernard Macfadden in December Physical Culture. / TAX RETURNS NOTICE FOR 1918 I will attend in person or by deputy at the following na* ed places and on the dates given, for ie purpose of re cetvlng tax returns yr the Iscal year beginning January let, 1918. Re? turns of Real Estate, Personal Prop? erty, Polls, Roads- ami Dogs should be made. The office will be open to re? ceive returns from January 1st to February 20th: Tindals,'Tuesday, ,lan. 8. Privateer, Wednesday, Jan. 9. Levi Siding, Thursday, Jan. 10. Wedgefield, Friday, Jan. 11. Claremont, Tuesday, Jan. 15. Hagood, Wednesday. Jan. 16. Remberts, Thursday, Jan. 17. Dalaalt, Friday, Jan. 18. Brogdon, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Mayesville, Wedneeday, Jan. 23. Oswego, Thursday, Jan. 24. Pleasant Grove, Tuesday, Jan. 29. Shi loh, Wednesday, Jan. 30. Norwood Cross Ro ds, Thursday, Jan. II. R. E. WILDER, County Auditor. GONE FOR GOOD. Results That Last Are \ hat Appeal to Sumter Pcaplo. Kidney sufferers in Sumter want more than temporary relief. They want results t! at last? Results like Mr. Vogel tells about. His was a thorough test. Two years is a long time. Doan's Kidney Pills \ave stood the test and stood it well. Why experiment with an untried medicine? People here in Sumte:* have shown the way. Read the story of E. W. Vogel, 401 E. Hampton Ave. He says: "For several years I suffered from pains through the small of my back and whenever 1 stooped, I was in mis? ery. My back became vary weak and several times I had to give up work. A physician treated me. :>ut his med? icine as well as a number of others, brought no relief. After using one box of Doan's Kidney Pills, the pains disappeared and sir. boxes complete? ly cured me." A Permanent Cure. Over two years later. Mr. Vogel nald: "Doan's Kidney Pills made a permanent cure in my case." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't dimply ask for a kidney ramedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the tame that Mr. Vogel has twice recommended. Foster-Mllbum Co., Prop: , Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt (43) Recruiting Station < pen. An army recruiting sr tion has been established here, at the post office, for the convenience of Sumter, L<>^ and Clarendon counties The of? fice will be open from 8 ^. m. to 8. p. m. Recruits will be acc epted un? der and above the draft ares for all branches of the service. Aviation, signal corps, hospital, quartermaster, cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery, infantry and colored steve?ore reg? iment. Accepted recruits will be sent to Savannah, Ga., by way of Colum? bia. After hours the recruiting officer can be seen at Mr. W.-L. Brunson's, 15 South Harvin Street. Death. Mrs. Melissa Belk die at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon 1 at the home of her daughter, Mrs C. H. James, Council street, aged ninety years. The body was taken to Cheraw Friday morning for Interment. A criminal lawyer can beat i.he doc? tors all to pieces when it comes to finding something pathologically wrong with a rich client.?Ch?rlewto?i Tost. I WOVLD?Like to buy 2,00- cords of pine wood, f. o. b. cars at near? est railroad station. Anyonr in po? sition to furnish this or any por? tion of it please communicate with me, stating price. Neill O'l onnell. WANTED?We will ImiV old horses and mules ajre no differenc?. it' in good health. Smith's Greater Shows, P. O. Box 337. Winter Quart* ^ To? bacco Warehouse. FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp Jackson, stable manure; ver? little straw. Car load h?ts only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clemson college. A A. Strauss. Sumter. S. C. Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and F.mla.Fn ProTpt Attentin to Day and NUj t Calls At J 0 ? hah Old Stand. M. *a i Pinea: gtffti