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rwvn sTfHTi disfasi: rlooasnsi (?liege Hegiii* Cuinpnluu to Eliminate Bovine Tuberculosis ?ad Hog Cholera. i - Columbia. March 15.?The science ?t the agricultural departments which was once used to fight the oat tie tick UHU in tr.e Immediate future be turn? ) to the elimination of bo? vine tuberculosis and hog cholera, an office for that purpose having been opened in this elty. Five thousand dollars was appropriated ut the last session of the general assembly for this purpose. The extension division of (Memsen ? '?lieg* has entered readily into the wurk. and the serum for the pre? vention of cholera among hogs and lor bovine tuberculosis cases will be bandied under the direction of Dr. ft. o. Feely of the college, through Dr W ft Barre, director In charge of the office to ???? opened In this city at room 1(01, Cnlon National Hank building HB k> II Ol HD IN Till AI.. Munter 1 rial at Florence I mU in Ac qulttul. Florence, March 1 I.?On motion of the attorney fox ihn defense, Judge Hies In tn* court of general sessions here this sfternoon directed a verdict of not guilty in the case of J. W. Hlckg and Ueddings llderton, on trial fo rthe killing of Dr. William llder? ton In tha Florence county court bouss some weeks ago. Dr. llderton was the father of Ueddings llderton. In directing the Verdict for the ac? quittal nf ihe defend., atv Judge Rita stet** that the evidence wus clear that Hicks had shot llderton in self defense and that young llderton had gone to th? rescue of the attorney af? ter Dr. llderton had shot him down and eras attempting to beat him over the bead ?'Ith h pistol. Judge Rice further stated that Ueddings II.h i tOO'a SOtt00 was not born of malice toward his father, according to the ?Vtdenee, btit that he was Impelled by hJO eastre o rsecus hla friend. Ko? tierter Maaqu* then gave notice that sie would nM pros the count in the In? dictment charging Hicks and young Jldrrlon with carrying concealed weapon* The eass was tried before a jury of sins men. The ?rate completed its easel at, tht dinner hour, when J. Monfo? fhjtiutrs, for the defense, made $ motion for a dirscted verdict, pleading self-defense on the purt of the defendant* In opposing the mo? tion for a directed verdict Solicitor Oaeoue submitted that it had not been clearly sbbwn that Dr llderton fired? the first shot, and that if he had not iHloks Mas not entitled to a plea sf telf-defi nse. As to Ueddings lldegton. IfcVs solicitor contended that tha jury ehoild decide whether or not young llderton shot In defense of his friend Hlcki, or whether he did so tbroach malice toward his father, T>r. llderton Judge Blee, after hearing the srguments, promptly directed a verdu t of not guilty as to both Hicks snd Gsddings llderton. The court room was crowded, msny Indies being la attendance. The shooting In which Dr. llder? ton loot his life took place on Feb? ruary i.'laat. in the hallway of the Florenee CoUntv couit house and was ?he reautt of ill feeling on the part of Dr. llderton toward Mr. Hicks, who represented Mrs. llderton In a suit for alimony which she had filed against her husband In the pistol duel In which Mr. Hicks. Dr llderton und the letters aon, Uedding* llderton, par? ticipated. Dr llderton was killed and Mr. Hicks wounded. M?feriN<'1T1N AT POHTFR At AD Penitell or Fairfax suffering Prom Disease?Institution Coder Qua rast I nr. Charleston. March 14. ?The Illness of Cadet Fennell of Fairfax at the Porter Military Academy from menin? gitis has resulted in a rigid quaran tlna ut that well known preparator) sehool Cadet Fennell has been re? moved to the Isolation ward at I loper Hospital sod Is getting along well Cuttu res of ull the other cadets and day students, as well as of the faculty have been taken to locate carrier.1 and the situation is well In h ind. It le believed that no other cases will develop *CRIM, Ol I |<> Its KIM.I D Talt Nplii Kranit* Fittally OSJ fates Aviation Field. Houston, Tex. Marti 14, Llevtl Harms due Karl of LOOJlOtUirg Pa. and Nile Uelwtek Of l inl iv. I ?hlo ware killed nt Rlllngton FtoM Thais dsy snd ( ivdnla Instructot KlgOf sjaj ssrlously Injured Interna My from tmlhm In airplane*, resulting from UM Ull spin. Mediator Ktepte o-.o maid. MHrtnatte. WIs , March II.?Form? er United Itstes Senator Isaac IJte< eeeasea died here early today, e Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR SALI EVERYWHERE "Do you keep thrift stamps?" "Have you bought your thrift stamp today?" These are the slogans suggested by Mrs. C. L. Stubbs for the shoppers and the salesmen and salesladies, and the suggestion was adopted immediately by the War Savings Committee. The committee met yesterday after? noon, nearly every member beinfc present. On the discussion how best to keep the stamps always before the peoples' eyes it was agreed thut the merchants and their clerks could best tccomplish this. The question was uskSd would not perhaps some mer? chants object to his clerks asking cus? tomers to buy Thrift stamps, but it was the opinion of the committee that if there was any such merchant in Sumter, he was In such a lonesom? minority that he need not be wor? ried about. Also It was agreed, , ll there wus a customer who objected to having slumps culled to his attention that he was such a slacker that no attention need be paid to his Ill-will. Having agreed that the merchants and their clerks were the best pub? licity agents Htumps could have it was decided to ask them to meet in committee of the whole for a short discussion of how best to bring them to the notice of the buyers. All mer? chants and all clerks are nsked to meet at the Chamber of Commerce at ??.10 Wednesday afternoon. It Is es? pecially aHked that the proprietors themselves be present, and that they request all their clerks to attend. A short experience discussion will be beneficial all round. The committee heard reports from ill tho vice chairmen and directors. Wur Having work is well under way in ihis county now. The committee is working hard to keep the stamps be "ore the public. To buy and so heir ? he nation, to save and so help them elves is the duty of the people. Thrift Day is March 26th. Exer clses are planned for every school house in the county. In the city th? various agencies are osked to make special efforts to see that every cus? tomer that day is a h.tamp holder. At ?'.'tu there will be a mass meeting with ipproprtate exercises at the (Jirls" High school auditorium. Uno fcutur?, of that meeting will be reading pas? sages from letters from Sumter boy* In France. Kuch school will report how many Htamps eich class In that sichool has bought. A good musical program including good choruses are i?elng worked out. The evening will nut he dry, hut will be interesting. THRlfr DAT, MAIU'll 2?. Tentative Program for Thrill Day in City. Have a mass meeting at the Qtrls' High School, or other place. The 8. '. War Savings Committee has prom? ised a first class orator for the oc tsion. Head reports from Hales of all sules igencies in the city, and reports from each of the city schools?in total by ?lasses. Head reports from each tcaiu showing the number of agencies I'ornied. the amount of stamps placed ?vith them and number of houses in ?ity in which Thrift cards were start Hi. Huve reports on all savings so? cieties formed, showing the organiz? er, officers, etc. .Musical program is being worked on under direction of Miss Kthel '? reen. Have read news from the front" ?that Is ex? er|its from letters of Sum ter boyi abroad. For tin- dny ask each arent to muke a special sales effort and to re port at five o'clock the total sales oi War Saving and Thrift stamps from the time the agency commenced to that hour. You are expected to do your part to l ull,?- Thrill Day a success anil to c.i rry, out this program. hltlTlsli BECOMING KORKU. ?>nly One-third LtfjOOf Now Consum? ed in I upland I.<>n.Ion, Wednesday March 13 The consumption Of intoxication li muoim in Qrenl Britain Is now only one-third of ffhOl it VU four yean ego, rremiei Lloyd fleorg* declared In an add i ess to | n Churchmen 10 ? las whcfi challenged about the ilrinh traflto No splrlto ore now helni inanufac tin ed in the country, In- aid Mr. W. T. Ilrogdon, of Drogdon, re I treod I ? iMiftl Ml or,e day this week informing him of the safe arrival In Franc* of his ten, W. C, Brofdon. HALMY FRANCE. American Troops to I i ml a More Agreeabel Climate Than Their Own. _ i Washington, March 16.?American soldiers on the battle fronts in France will probably escape our American torrid hot spells of summer and our blizzardy winters, extremes of heat and cold in France being less severe. They may expect however periods Of sustained cold in ihe trenches, cold of the moist, penetrating character pe? culiar to the continental climate of northern Europe, hut in general no startling change from weather condi? tions at home. An exhaustive study of the subject by Preston C. Day, chief of the cli matological division, of the weather bureau, shows that winter in northern France is not so severe from the standpoint of low temperatures, but there is a constancy of moderately cold weather which is not usually ex? perienced in the United States, Rath? er low temperatures sometimes occur there, but such extremity of cold weather as has been experienced this winter, in the United States, Is unknown. The "coldest weather of record in Northern France ranges from about zero, Fahrenheit, to 10 de? crees below. Summer In northern France Is cool, as compared with most of the United States, the average tempera? ture for July and August, the warmest months, .being (13 to 65 degrees, even lower than ulong our northern bor? der. Moderately hot weather some times occurs, but extremely high tem? peratures, such as occasionally are experienced in much of the United States, are unknown in France. Tem? perature as high as 100 never has been reported In France, while in the United States 100 to 110 degrees have occurred gener'? Uy. With the transition from winter to spring the rapid warming up, famil? iar to residents In most sections of the United States, is not so notice? able In France, the average temper? ature for March being only 2 to 4 de gress higher than for February. April and May are moderately cool and not unpleasant, the length of the day in? creases much more rapidly than In most roctions of the United States, and there,, is a correspondingly large increase In the amount of sunshine, [While rainfall is comparatively light, although occurring rather frequently. The summers are pleasant as com? pared with much of th United States, the day temperatures being mostly moderate and the nights cool. Occa slonally hot weather Is experienced, but the heat Is not so excessive and the heated periods are usually of short duration. Fall also is usuully pleasant, es? pecially In September and October. The rainfall usuully becomes heavier, however. The battlefronts of France lie in a latitude north of the United States. Paris is farther north than any point in the United States, being 500 miles nearer the North Pole than Chicago. Along the northern coasts of France temperatures are very similar to those of our northern Paclllc coast, the monthly average at Dunkirk, France, and Seattle, Washington, be? ing identical for nearly half the months of the year and differing only slightly for other months. Not considering the higher moun? tains, rainfall In the eastern half of IhO United States, especially in the south, is much greater than in France. Compared with Paris, the average rainfall at Chicago is one and one half times as large; at New York, more than twice as large and at New Orleans, nearly three times as large. Over the lowlands of Northern France snow is fairly frequent and may be expected from November to April, Inclusive, although it rarely at? tains any considerable depth on the ground. At the higher elevations of eastern and southern France, parti? cularly in the mountains bordering on Germany when- the winters are long and cold, snowfall Is more frequent and much heavier. DAYLIGHT RAVING RILL. Changed by House, Measure Returns to Senate? Washington, March 15.?The day? light saving bill, under which the na llon'l docks would ho turned for? ward an hour every spring and back again In the fall, was passed today by IhC bouse 159 to 40. It passed the ?enate laat June, but as the house added two months to the period in? volved, furth?r action by the senate will be necessary before the mens ire gOCI to the president. Under the b u? Ste bill, the clocks would be chanced ihe last Sunday in April and the list Sunday in September. Tim house made It the last Sunday in March i ml the InHt Sunday in I ntoher. Family Ruined to Denth. Truro, Novla Bootla, March If..? Word reached here today that twen? ty persons were burned to death In a lumber camp at Albln last night. The dead Include the wife and six chil? dren of one lumberman. TAFT WANTS F1VK MILLION MEN. Former President Would Have Draft Law Amended to Provide for Great" er Post. Washington, March 15.?Amend-J rnent of the draft law to authorize the president to increase the army 5, 000,000 men or more was advocated by Formei- President Tuft in a speech here today before the National Qeo graphic Society. "Wo must make ample provisions to strengthen our allies," the form? er president said. "We can raise a.s line an army, as large an army, as there is on European soil and, if we can transport it as rapidly as we may, we can have it all In Europe within two or three years." San Francisco, March 15.?Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray, commanding the Western Army Department, announc? ed tonight that he had ordered troops dispatched to St. Maries, Idaho, where rioting wag reported between citizens and members of the I. W. W. Gen. Murray declined to say how many troops were being sent or from what point. REED ATTACKS HOOVER. Again Assails Pood Administrator in Senate. Washington, March l?.?Senator Heed of Missouri, Democrat, n ade an? other attack on Food Administrator Hoover and the food and fuel admin? istrations generally in the SOttntO to? day during debate on an amendment to the agriculture appropriation hill requiring clerks in the department of I agriculture to work eight hours a day instead of seven as at present. The amendment Anally was adopted 29 to UN, hut it Is to be effective only during the war. Senator Heed said that while giving attention to service clerks who have grown old In the service "congress is overlooking the necessarily high sala? ries" paid in the food adminhtration. He assailed the pay of the vice presi? dents and assistants in the grain cor? poration, which he said ranged from $2,100 to $0,000 a year. "Now let us go to the payroll of tho national headquarters," said the Mis? souri senator, reading a list of em* ployeors. "Ben S. Allen. $4,S0<\ Now who is Hen S. Allen? He is a repre* ??-??-?? ' ? I tentative of tht Associated Press at London? Eng. He became tlM private secretary to \ Mr. Hoover ?? ?I accompanied Mr. ? Hoover to the United States and is I now drawing $4,800 a year. I do not know what is duties are?whether . he is still representing the Associated Press, or whether he is just Mr. Hoover's private secretary, but his aal? ary is $4,800 a year." (Mr. Allen oes not now represent the Associated Press and has not been connected with it for nearly three years). Turning to the fuel administration, the senator re; i a long: i)Kt of names of employees and their salaries, which ranged from $3.600 to $5,000 a year. i ? HUB HI VESSELS LAUNCHED. Oakland, Ca! , March 14.?The first triple launchirj;: on the Pacific coast took place today when three 9,400 ton steel merchantmen slid Into the waters of Oakland harbor. In less than an hour there was thus added 28,200 tons to the nation's merchant marine. The \ ssels were the steam? ships Shintaka, Aniwa end Oakland, each 4 25 feet long, 53 feet beam and 26 1-2 feet in epth of hold. A BEAUTIFUL SHOWING OF Georgette Crepe, Crepe De Chene and Taffeta Dresses. We were indeed fortunate in picking up this fine lot of Dresses, right in the heart of the Season, and we know you will be deligh ted with the styles, and the way they fit, and the prices at which we are selling them. These Dresses are the pick of this Season's newest creations, some of them in pretty combina? tions of Georgette Crepe and Taffeta, most of them have beautiful Embroidery and Beaded effects, and there are no two alike. The colors are: v ROSE, CHAMPAGNE, LIBERTY BLUE, NAVY BLUE. BUFF TAN, GREY, GREEN, ALICE BLUE, BLACK. All Sizes, Price $10, $12.98, $15 $17.50, $19.98, up to $27.50. Beautiful Silk Waists, $2.50 to $5.98 Messalincs, Georgette Crepes, Crepe De Chenes, Tub Silks, Embroidery Trimmed and Beaded Efferts, and Plain Tailored, the colors are Beige, Flesh, White, Champugne, Maize, Bi que. Tea Rose and Black. Price, $2,50, S3.EG, $4.98, and $5.98. JUST RECEIVED: Another shipment of those Pretty Gingham house and street Dresses. Some new styles in this lot at $3.25. We have all sizes now. but we do not know how long they will last, so COME NOW. The Wreck Store, Phone 601. Sumter, S. C.